Berghia nudis

[spscrackhead]

where can i get some? does anyone want to order some with me and split the shipping?

[Stixbaraca]

http://www.saltyunderground.com/

[Stixbaraca]

I think Inland Aquatics has them also

[newsalt]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11215761#post11215761 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by spscrackhead
where can i get some? does anyone want to order some with me and split the shipping?

I would get a few and split it with you. You're in Pine Hill? Where's that? I'm in Middlesex (08846)

[coralnut99]

I'm not going to try and deter you guys from buying Berghias. They really do work. But you have to understand all the issues around them before just putting them into a reef and hoping they wipe out your aptaisia problem. I'm just offering some words of caution here, and suggesting that you inquire of folks that have had success with them before actually buying them. In my experience the most effective way of using them is to set up a separate tank to house just the berghias, and place the aptasia infested rocks and corals in there for them to clean up. Berghias are very small, and highly susceptable to predation and mechanical losses via pwerheads, etc. Just offering some advice fwiw.

[Marshall]

I respect coralnut99's opinion and agree with him. Going straight to berghias is not a great idea in my opinion. I have had much better success with butterflies (copper banded and most recently a muelleri but those are impossible to find). FWIW, I got my berghias from Todd at Something Fishy.

[coralnut99]

From what I've read, "in-tank" sucesses with Berghias tend to occur in tanks where there are minimal predation risks. That means no shrimp, few hermits, and certainly no mystery hitchhiker or mithrax crabs. Then there's always the "mechanical" predators like powerheads and overflows. Berghias are really small, so it's just tough to screen things off to keep them out. Over the years I've tried the in-tank approach twice and failed both times. If I didn't have Anthias in my three main displays, I would simply introduce true peppermint shimp. I keep peppermints in my prop system, and when a rock or coral from one of my displays shows enough aips, I just move it to the prop system, and the Peps clean it up in a day or two. When they show up on bigger rocks down low, I hit those with kalk paste. In smaller systems, I'm sure they can be completely done in. But in systems as large as mine, there's always some small viable piece that eventually takes hold and multiplies.

Marshall, your little girl is really adorable! She must be about 2 now, right? Time really flies.