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04/07/2011, 03:40 PM | #1 |
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What eats Sea Slugs/Nudibranch
I bought a mat of green star polyps and I noticed one was on it. I got it out thinking that was it but I was wrong. Now there are 50+. They are at the largest 3/4 inch long. They are white and tan body with black antenna. I'm wondering if there is a fish or crustation that would eat these guys. I grab what I can but some are so small its almost impossible to grab. Any help is appreciated.
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04/07/2011, 04:06 PM | #2 |
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Most non reef safe wrasse will, Saliferts flatworm exit is much more efficient. Do a couple of follow up treatments 3-5 days after the initial dose to get any eggs that may have hatched.
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04/08/2011, 07:27 AM | #3 |
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blue velvet slug will eat flatworms, and some nudi's
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05/03/2011, 12:45 PM | #4 |
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Ok so I tried the dip and it turned my soft corals into goo. Luckaly it was only a couple of mushrooms. Also is a blue velvet slug reef safe or not, and will it pick off sleeping fish or shrimp? I was just hoping a shrimp or crab of sorts would clean them up for me but I guess I'm stuck with the little buggers for now.
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05/03/2011, 02:01 PM | #5 |
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Velvet nudi eats flatworms and nothing else, when flatworms are exhausted the nudi will starve to death.
Did you use saliferts flatworm exit?
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05/03/2011, 03:44 PM | #6 |
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You performed the dip wrong them. Post a picture of these flatworms, sea slugs, or nudi's. They may just die off naturally when food source is gone. Thats what happened to mine.
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05/04/2011, 06:08 PM | #8 |
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Those are nudis not Flatworms. I would just swish them off of your rocks in a bucket with some water change water. Your coral may have died because you killed so many of them and they released toxins. Good luck, but I dont see them being a pest for long. I can not ID them, but most are very specific in what they eat and when that is gone they will die off. Good luck.
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