Think I got some monti eating nudibranchs!

[Fish Boss]

Good news is, my frags are still small, so should be easy to dip and monitor them going forward

 

[Fish Boss]

Dip dip potato chipped, but didnt see anymore nudis. Also didnt see any eggs, but they are so small i’d imagine they are very hard to see

 

[richiev]

Definitely looks like it. Seems very common in frags, including from the club (maybe particularly from since that's where I've gotten them from).

Check all your montis for lines and white spots and be very aggressive about scraping or tossing pieces. If you see one climbing on the glass, you almost certainly have an infestation.

Also if your tank is big enough, they can serve as wrasse food, helping keep it under control.

 

[Fish Boss]

Definitely looks like it. Seems very common in frags, including from the club (maybe particularly from since that's where I've gotten them from).

Check all your montis for lines and white spots and be very aggressive about scraping or tossing pieces. If you see one climbing on the glass, you almost certainly have an infestation.

Also if your tank is big enough, they can serve as wrasse food, helping keep it under control.

I doubt I have an “infestation”, my tank is pretty new, and I picked up 3 montis at the recent frag swap. 2 are just encrusting the top of the plug, one was very well encrusted, with crevices coming off the sides of the plug. This one had some dead tissue, and I think was patient zero. I was just surprised I didnt see anymore come off after the dip, I thought I would see some. Only one bristle worm crawled out, and I was really blasting all of the crevices with my pipette. I think it was just one of those one in a million chances I saw it on the glass rather than a high density leading it to be on the glass.

I’m going to dip them every other day and really monitor them, probably wouldn’t be a bad idea to super glue the crevices so that they cant hide out of sight.

Does anyone know what their habits are like? Do they roam more during the day, and come back to the montis after lights out? Or just always roaming whenever? Just wondering if there is a most effective time of day to dip them

 

[Fish Boss]

Also, I do like the look of some wrasses, namely leopard wrasses, but I think I’m gonna pass on this tank. I’ve heard that they can wipe out pods, and I want to build a pod population for a mandarin

 

[yosemiteclimber]

Also, I do like the look of some wrasses, namely leopard wrasses, but I think I’m gonna pass on this tank. I’ve heard that they can wipe out pods, and I want to build a pod population for a mandarin

I’ve got a leopard, they can’t single-handedly wipeout a pod population. If your tank has a healthy ecosystem and you’re not starving the wrasse, pods will be reproducing in numbers it (and other predatory fish) can’t wipe out, though I think it’s a good idea to supplement with fresh pods occasionally.

The pod myth for mandarins is exactly that as well. A myth. Mine eats any food I drop in the tank, as long as it can fit it in his tiny little mouth (THAT is a reason they may struggle, food size). Frozen, pellets, coral food (coral cane, benepets), whatever - the mandarin eats it. He’ll even nibble on full sized shrimp chunks I drop in occasionally.