Help identification please

[kenlude]

I saw this guy on my glass today. Can you let me know.. It's good or bad ? Thank you


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[dsmithdbz]

hey...i have the same guy in my tank...it is a worm and it is beneficial to have in your tank...i was told that by the knowledable guy at the fish store...so dont worry..oh and the gobies are doing well in my tan...thanks:roll: Jennifer

 

[raz0945]

Hi Tri! That looks like a nudibranch, if he has ruffles and is white or off white he may be a montipora eating nudibranch. Google that and see. They are other kinds that are not harmful but you might want to find out. Wrasses love to eat them! Holley

 

[kenlude]

Thanks for all the information. If it's nudibranch I love to have more in my tank.


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[jennm]

Get it out. Hitchhiker nudibranchs are bad, and they usually eat coral - either zoanthids, sometimes leathers, montiporas... each specie feeds on a specific type of coral, and they blend right in with the coral they feed on.

Get it out, and inspect your colonies for more.

Jenn

 

[picoreefguy]

id agree with jenn most hitchhiking nudis are bad news and id get it out before he slips behind a rock or something and you cant get to him

 

[kenlude]

JennM;787325 wrote: Get it out. Hitchhiker nudibranchs are bad, and they usually eat coral - either zoanthids, sometimes leathers, montiporas... each specie feeds on a specific type of coral, and they blend right in with the coral they feed on.

Get it out, and inspect your colonies for more.

Jenn

Thanks Jenn . Just take out one colony zoa's haven't open up for a week inspect it. I saw about six of them. Now i have to do some research to see. What is the best way to get reach all of them?

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[jennm]

Freshwater dip should get most of them but check again later for eggs that might hatch

Those are a menace.

Jenn

 

[jcturner]

So how do we not get these??

 

[jennm]

Inspecting and dipping corals and/or quarantining them prior to placing them in your display.

 

[the-bubonic-one]

Coral rx helps

 

[mustangcaleb]

Raz0945;787194 wrote: Wrasses love to eat them!

this may be worth looking into

 

[dawgface]

Freshwater dips kill the hatched nudi's but unfortunately do not effect the eggs. The eggs will need to be manually removed. Use a scalpel or razor blade, inspect everything you can and delicately scrape off any eggs you find.