Why!!!why!!!!

[sinbad]

ALRIGHT THATS IT!!!! I'm go'in crazy here with these $@#! nudibanchs! AHHH man so all iI can do is suck'em off with a pipete cuz they'er so small but what can I do to rid them of the tank!! It looks like they seem to have moved to the green plating monti now.Guess they got they'er fill of the orange!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I'm shak'in my fist at these little critters here.So I got a problem.My tank is a year and a half old and have no other probs except for the ominus reacurring hair alge here and there and ....."THE NUDIBRANCHS".Tank water perameters are fine I just gotta dose every day with ca/ak.It's a 30 gallon with 10 gallon fuge.Looooots of coral(got stuff glued to the glass)a couple fish,all pretty small. Moving to a 65 with mega overflo so don't want to get them in my new tank!!!!!!Any help out there?????????

[crvz]

Are they monti eating nudis? There's no clear cut solution other than perpetual manual removal, but you may consider eliminating montipora species corals in your tank for a while.

[Wiskey]

That's the only effective way of removing them that I know of,.. remove all the monties from your tank, kill any part of monti left on live rock, and leave it for like 4 months. If you don't kill all the monties; the nudies may survive so make sure you get it all.

In the future it would be a wise move to setup a Q tank for coral to make sure you don't introduce any pests.

Sorry
Whiskey

[Loverotties]

Like Whiskey said specially about putting them in a Q tank first!

[tellycoleman]

what do they look like and what do they do to the monti's

[Jadinop]

Have you tried any wrasses? I have heard about people having success with the Green Coris Wrasse eating zoanthid nudi's. Might be worth a try. They are reported to eat a variety of reef pests such as pyramidellid snails and flatworms.

[sinbad]

Yea I know Q tank or dips are the best method for keeping a safe environment stress free of pests. Thanx for the help guys!!I guess I'm gonna keep at the montis or get them into Q tank!!As for tellycoleman, they are reeeeeealy small but vary in size if fed well.Usually white or off white so they'er hard to see cuz they usually hang out under the coral or in the the patch of missing tissue that u will see on the monti. OH!!!!! and they have certa that stick up off the top of them when distured, kinda like bristle worms but more pronounced, and theses are what give them away when searching for them. look for the certa waving in the current and then siphone the createns!!!!!!!!!!

[sinbad]

I think the cris would get big enough to munch my crabs and hermits : (