Nudi ID

[Adit0]

Saw this on my glass the other night. Could it be a berghia? I've never added these to the tank though

 

[Bolicks]

Hard to tell from this picture whether it's a berghia - could you take some more pics?

 

[Adit0]

Here are the other two shots I got

 

[jhuynh]

i dont think berghias can get that big. but i always say, when in doubt, take it out.

 

[xcaret]

What type of corals do you have? Notice anything missing? If it’s a berghia, maybe a score? But if it turns to be an unwanted guest, that little bugger might not be the one to worry but a mass of eggs

 

[NanoCrazed]

That's bad news... it's a monti eating nudi.

 

[Adit0]

That's bad news... it's a monti eating nudi.

ah ****. monti's are all fine though

 

[Adit0]

haven't noticed anything gone, and I took it out when I saw it. I'll have to keep an eye out I guess

 

[ashburn2k]

Just put a small piece of monti next to it see if it will eat it. So you will know.

 

[xCry0x]

Ya looks like a giant monti eating one.

 

[BleepBloopMunchMunch]

This looks like my Monti eating nudibranchs too, I will look for a better photo and send it. It is worth dipping some montis just to see if more fall off to help confirm

 

[JVU]

Does not look like a Berghia, and I spend a lot of time staring at Berghia

 

[Srt4eric]

Definitely looks like one.

 

[BleepBloopMunchMunch]

That is from when I had monti eating nudis.

MENB, now what?

So I was cruising through the garage the other night and decided I would peak at the frag tank in the garage since its been getting so cold at night I have been worrying about the temperature dropping too much and I found what I am 99.99% certain are montipora eating nudibranchs, while not great...

www.bareefers.org

 

[Adit0]

yup now i'm pretty convinced it's a MEN. However, I'm gonna pretend it's not until something bad happens. There's not much I can do anyways right?

 

[RandyC]

yup now i'm pretty convinced it's a MEN. However, I'm gonna pretend it's not until something bad happens. There's not much I can do anyways right?

If your montis are removable you can QT and begin a dip regimen to prevent them from propagating and eating all your montis. Maybe save all your montis before they’re dead.

 

[BleepBloopMunchMunch]

I ended up just tossing all my montis and going montiless for about 3-4 months, I put some testers in maybe a month ago and they have been doing fine so far. Depends of course how many montis you have and how attached you are to them. My reasoning was the sooner I pull out their food source the sooner they would starve to death