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Rysam- 06-16-2008
Zoo eating NUDIS!!!!!!
i just picked a half dozen of these bastages from my zoos while the power was out. i can manually pick out the bigguns but what do the eggs look like? i have a fair amount of zoos and would like to keep it that way. the last thing i need are more bugs. heres one of the little f%&^ers

Rysam- 06-16-2008

http://www.coralpedia.com/index.php?module=Gallery2&g2_itemId=628 these are them.... i just removed about 20 egg sacks from some ugly zoos that i have. the rest seem to be clear but you never know... fw dips for everyone!!!

Chris Bovia- 06-16-2008

Wow Josh, glad you caught these!!!

underwaterparadise- 06-20-2008

Josh the best thing to do is to get some Flat worm exit or FW controll and dip your zoas once a week for about 3-4 weeks. This way you will kill any new hatchlings before they can lay more eggs. There is no medication out yet that kills the eggs. You use about 6-8 drops per gallon and dip for 5-10 min. swishing the colonies around in the dip water every so often to knock off the nudi's.

monikker- 06-25-2008

Boy, these bugs are getting around... yesterday, I spotted a live nudibranch for the first time; a yellow-brown one near the zoas at a LFS. Went home, and while checking on my tank, saw a hermit annoy a zoa colony.... and a bright green nudi emerged! :evil: Couldn't find any more of them tho, nor any eggs. Can't imagine I got by that easily however. Both slugs were the same color as the zoas they were near/among... do these bugs change colors to match their diet?

underwaterparadise- 06-25-2008

Yep, they turn whatever color of the zoas they are eating at that time. This makes them very hard to see.

Rysam- 06-25-2008

yep, mine were orange on orange and purple on purple.

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