175g pest tank

[ramsey]

I think I've finally learned my lesson. No more adding stuff into my tank that aren't at least dipped. It looks like I have zoa eating nudi's. I can see about 4-5 of them and they're all on various zoa's or paly's. I read that using reef dip and quarantining the coral they're after for a while is a good place to start. Anyone have any experience with this?

[Mr Cob]

That stinks. I don't have any experience with them. Good luck... but dipping is top priority for me these days! I have had red bugs and darn asterinas though. It's almost not worth buying new corals once you have a pretty decent stocked tank.

Almost something new to battle.

Oh....they always go for the premium stuff too.

[Europhyllia]

I dipped my gorgos in Reef Dip and still ended up with gorgo eating nudis. I think reef dip might be more helpful for bacterial stuff, etc.
John (Firewater) just found me a great article on nudis:
http://www.bluezooaquatics.com/resources.asp?show=15
I was going to get me some Malachite Green and dip everything in that first and then in the reef dip second.
I used to be so open to everything 'nature' but my next tank will be a control freak/Fort Knox tank. Sick of buying stuff for the sole purpose of eating stuff I don't want and then it rarely works anyway. Prevention is my new mandra...
http://www.maast.org/showthread.php?60596-Incoming-Coral-Procedure&highlight=dipping

[ramsey]

Yup, I agree. I've learned my lesson. What I'm thinking I'm going to do with these guys is pull off what I can, dip then put any corals they bother into quarantine. If they sprout up in my other tank, I'll rise and repeat. From reading about them, they typically stick to one species of coral. Hopefully I'll be able to starve them out of my my display though it may take a while.

[Double-O-Zilch]

Mr. Cob> Oh....they always go for the premium stuff too.

Ain't that the truth!

[clone]

Ok first off, examine all your frags/colonies with a magnifing glass. tweeze them off, look around up and down all around for eggs. If you find some which you will tweeze those off aswell. Then once you have done then dip them, shake them around, up and down, all around.
Then go out and buy yourself a sixline, radient, or a twinspot hoggfish.

I would look over your frags a month later after buying one of those wrasses just to make sure they are getting all of them.

[ZeroHour]

I had these in my nano. I tweezed them and then placed them into a urine sample cup (small colony). They seemed to then end up on the side of the cup. I did this with 6 small colonies and it worked for getting all of them every time.

It seems that with the lack of flow and the increased temp they were trying to get off the colony. This may or may not work for you but it was perfect for me.

[ramsey]

Ok first off, examine all your frags/colonies with a magnifing glass. tweeze them off, look around up and down all around for eggs. If you find some which you will tweeze those off aswell. Then once you have done then dip them, shake them around, up and down, all around.
Then go out and buy yourself a sixline, radient, or a twinspot hoggfish.

I would look over your frags a month later after buying one of those wrasses just to make sure they are getting all of them.

I have a mystery so he *might* eat some. I don't like taking the chance with that and ending up with a fish I didn't want. Hopefully, the mystery will do some good. Also, I don't think he'd get along with another wrasse.



I had these in my nano. I tweezed them and then placed them into a urine sample cup (small colony). They seemed to then end up on the side of the cup. I did this with 6 small colonies and it worked for getting all of them every time.

It seems that with the lack of flow and the increased temp they were trying to get off the colony. This may or may not work for you but it was perfect for me.

I actually took one of the colonies and gave it a fresh water dip for a few minutes, then shook it around vigorously for a couple of minutes. I think that got most, if not all, of them off the colony. After doing this the zoa's started opening up again after being closed for a couple days. I think I may just do this for each coral I see them on, then put it in a different tank.

I should be grateful since the acro eaters seem way harder to deal with.

[BSJF]

Fresh water dip works well, but won't kill eggs. Inspect the tank every day and dip or siphon out (using a piece of 1/4 inch air tubing) ANY that you find or they will multiply again quickly. I wouldn't depend on your wrasse.