Mystery Nudibrach???

[rduncan767]

So today I noticed something weird on one of my coral polyps. It appeared to be another type of coral, but then I noticed that it was moving and had antennae. It is very small, and moves very slowly. This video is a close up of the sea slug at 2x speed. If you know the species name please let me know!


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[dawgface]

Your not going to like the answer....

Can't be sure the exact species but the fact that it is on irritatingly closed zoas I'd say it is the zoa eating type.

 

[rockdog]

It looks like a zoa eater to me, too. See how it matches the partially open heads, looks like he has already eaten some so he matches!!

 

[fish scales2]

He has laid eggs all over them as well. Where there is one, there are MANY!
Do not panic, you can defeat them fairly easily. How many zoas do you have in the system? I will give you a dip to use if you would like!

 

[rduncan767]

Thanks for the help everyone! It is definitely a zoa eating nudibranch.

Edit:

Fish Scales2;791226 wrote: He has laid eggs all over them as well. Where there is one, there are MANY!
Do not panic, you can defeat them fairly easily. How many zoas do you have in the system? I will give you a dip to use if you would like!

Thanks for the offer! But I already have some dip, Im dipping the coral now.

 

[dawgface]

rduncan767;791309 wrote: Thanks for the help everyone! It is definitely a zoa eating nudibranch.

Edit:

Thanks for the offer! But I already have some dip, Im dipping the coral now.

Dips will not kill the eggs. Those you will need to manually remove.

 

[fish scales2]

Are you using iodine? Go 2/3 strength and dip every 4-5 days for one month to ensure that you catch all stages of development. Fresh water dip afterwards as well to ensure the least amount of iodine introduced to system. I also wanted to suggest maybe hyper-salinity as a proven effective method. Hyper for 5 minutes then fresh for 5. JMHO

 

[rduncan767]

Fish Scales2;791318 wrote: Are you using iodine? Go 2/3 strength and dip every 4-5 days for one month to ensure that you catch all stages of development. Fresh water dip afterwards as well to ensure the least amount of iodine introduced to system. I also wanted to suggest maybe hyper-salinity as a proven effective method. Hyper for 5 minutes then fresh for 5. JMHO

Thanks for your input! I'll give it a try!