Since the lecture regarding Bergias last September, most all have shown an interest in these reef creatures, with very little practicle experience by most (all?) club members.
I purchased 4 or these guys in the second group buy, and thought I'd post on the progess I see in my tank.
My system is a sumpless 30g Oceanic Cube with one corner overflow (wierd, I know, but it works out well, more about that another time.....) I have about 25 to 30 lbs of live rock, and having just survived a tank crash (not chemical, but physical, as in the glass breaking) have an outbreak of aptasia numbering past 100 anemones that I can see.
Upon picking up the 4 nudi's (thanks again Trinh and Donna), I noticed that these guys were as small as every thing I'd read of them stated they would be. The size of large copepods, I figure if they eat 5 times their weight a day in Aptasia, then I should start seeing results by next July. (that was just a hint of sarcasm).
Day 1,
Yesterday afternoon I put them in my tank where 3 quickly scuried into the rock work, and one I had to be freed from the clutches of a baby Aptasia, and then it slithered into the rocks. I left the lights and pumps off as suggested for the first thirty minutes. Frequently, I've checked back with a flashlight after "lights out", but I haven't seen any of them since. Needless to say, I've seen no change in the Aptasia populace.
Everything I've read regarding Berghia states that this is all normal, and that the true Aptasia carnage is probably a week away where I'll begin to see some changes in the Aptasia population. Supposedly, Berghia, in adequately stocked numbers, can erradicate Aptasia from a tank in 2 weeks to 2 months, depending on the severity of the infestation. I'm hoping to be fully erradicated by the Februray Frag Swap, which shouldn't be too advantagous of a goal.
I'll update this thread regularly, and hopefully others who have recently purchased Berghia will do the same, in this thread.
I purchased 4 or these guys in the second group buy, and thought I'd post on the progess I see in my tank.
My system is a sumpless 30g Oceanic Cube with one corner overflow (wierd, I know, but it works out well, more about that another time.....) I have about 25 to 30 lbs of live rock, and having just survived a tank crash (not chemical, but physical, as in the glass breaking) have an outbreak of aptasia numbering past 100 anemones that I can see.
Upon picking up the 4 nudi's (thanks again Trinh and Donna), I noticed that these guys were as small as every thing I'd read of them stated they would be. The size of large copepods, I figure if they eat 5 times their weight a day in Aptasia, then I should start seeing results by next July. (that was just a hint of sarcasm).
Day 1,
Yesterday afternoon I put them in my tank where 3 quickly scuried into the rock work, and one I had to be freed from the clutches of a baby Aptasia, and then it slithered into the rocks. I left the lights and pumps off as suggested for the first thirty minutes. Frequently, I've checked back with a flashlight after "lights out", but I haven't seen any of them since. Needless to say, I've seen no change in the Aptasia populace.
Everything I've read regarding Berghia states that this is all normal, and that the true Aptasia carnage is probably a week away where I'll begin to see some changes in the Aptasia population. Supposedly, Berghia, in adequately stocked numbers, can erradicate Aptasia from a tank in 2 weeks to 2 months, depending on the severity of the infestation. I'm hoping to be fully erradicated by the Februray Frag Swap, which shouldn't be too advantagous of a goal.
I'll update this thread regularly, and hopefully others who have recently purchased Berghia will do the same, in this thread.