ID this invader

dg3147 · 08/20/2010, 05:39 PM

It is about 2-4mm long; white, slug like (no shell); and has almost leafy like multiple appenadges --sort of like a leafy sea dragon.

Here are two pics:

And pulled out and place in cup:

prospectclmt · 08/20/2010, 06:06 PM

Zoa eating nudibranch?

mfinn · 08/20/2010, 07:39 PM

Looks to be a little too frilly for a zoanthid eating nudibranch. I could be wrong, but it looks more like a leather coral eating nudibranch.
One or the other.

dg3147 · 08/20/2010, 07:46 PM

I google the zoa eating nudi, and it looks a bit like that to me. Being that my leather is thriving and my 4 magician zoa polyps have been sick/dead --I'm going with the zoa nudi.

This is bad, no?

Mmckibben · 08/20/2010, 07:47 PM

Bergia nudibranch?

curlykid · 08/20/2010, 07:50 PM

no, 100% positive it's a clove-polyp eating nudi. google it, it's a bleached one, im sure.

curlykid · 08/20/2010, 07:51 PM

AKA green star polyp eating nudi.

mfinn · 08/20/2010, 07:59 PM

zoanthid eating nudibranchs will take on the color of the zoanthid they have been munching on, so I don't think this one has been eating your magicians.
most wild nudibranchs usually are bad imo

dg3147 · 08/20/2010, 08:32 PM

Man, they all look the same! I did find this video, and it looks a bit like it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VDhykIiQpg

dg3147 · 08/28/2010, 07:32 PM

It turns out I've found a few of these each night munching on my
purple Haze Montipora. Little bastards.....

dg3147 · 09/05/2010, 03:24 PM

The purple haze montipora is anchored to a large rock arch way and cannot be pulled out and dipped. Is there a way to combat these little nocturnal nudi's? I pull them off at night, but they seem to be winning.

Wrasse maybe? (since they're nocturnal, I think it wont work).

Stanley-Reefer · 09/05/2010, 03:35 PM

monti nudi...leopard wrasse and blue leg hermits. If you only have a one affected monti--toss it and cut your losses.

08/20/2010, 05:39 PM	#1
dg3147 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Pasadena, CA Posts: 1,178	ID this invader It is about 2-4mm long; white, slug like (no shell); and has almost leafy like multiple appenadges --sort of like a leafy sea dragon. Here are two pics: And pulled out and place in cup: __________________ Elos 160XL \| Powermodule LED/T5 \| BK Double cone 200 \| Pasadena, CA Home page: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?p=23482778#post23482778

08/20/2010, 07:39 PM	#3
mfinn Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Olympia. WA. Posts: 8,648	Looks to be a little too frilly for a zoanthid eating nudibranch. I could be wrong, but it looks more like a leather coral eating nudibranch. One or the other. __________________ 240 gallon soft coral tank 50 gallon lps tank

08/20/2010, 07:46 PM	#4
dg3147 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Pasadena, CA Posts: 1,178	I google the zoa eating nudi, and it looks a bit like that to me. Being that my leather is thriving and my 4 magician zoa polyps have been sick/dead --I'm going with the zoa nudi. This is bad, no? __________________ Elos 160XL \| Powermodule LED/T5 \| BK Double cone 200 \| Pasadena, CA Home page: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?p=23482778#post23482778

08/20/2010, 07:47 PM	#5
Mmckibben Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: CO Posts: 286 Blog Entries: 21	Bergia nudibranch? __________________ “We don’t inherit the world from our parents, we borrow it from our children” -Rusi Vulakoro- Current Tank Info: 90 gallon sps fiji reef, 30 gal sump/ refugium, aquac ev-180, 90p marco rocks. LED/ metal halide

08/20/2010, 07:50 PM	#6
curlykid Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: America Posts: 722	no, 100% positive it's a clove-polyp eating nudi. google it, it's a bleached one, im sure. __________________ Sent from my fingers using sensory organs

08/20/2010, 06:06 PM	#2
prospectclmt Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 115	Zoa eating nudibranch?

08/20/2010, 07:51 PM	#7
curlykid Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: America Posts: 722	AKA green star polyp eating nudi. __________________ Sent from my fingers using sensory organs

08/20/2010, 07:59 PM	#8
mfinn Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Olympia. WA. Posts: 8,648	zoanthid eating nudibranchs will take on the color of the zoanthid they have been munching on, so I don't think this one has been eating your magicians. most wild nudibranchs usually are bad imo __________________ 240 gallon soft coral tank 50 gallon lps tank

08/20/2010, 08:32 PM	#9
dg3147 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Pasadena, CA Posts: 1,178	Man, they all look the same! I did find this video, and it looks a bit like it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VDhykIiQpg __________________ Elos 160XL \| Powermodule LED/T5 \| BK Double cone 200 \| Pasadena, CA Home page: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?p=23482778#post23482778

08/28/2010, 07:32 PM	#10
dg3147 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Pasadena, CA Posts: 1,178	Conclusion... It turns out I've found a few of these each night munching on my purple Haze Montipora. Little bastards..... __________________ Elos 160XL \| Powermodule LED/T5 \| BK Double cone 200 \| Pasadena, CA Home page: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?p=23482778#post23482778

09/05/2010, 03:24 PM	#11
dg3147 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Pasadena, CA Posts: 1,178	The purple haze montipora is anchored to a large rock arch way and cannot be pulled out and dipped. Is there a way to combat these little nocturnal nudi's? I pull them off at night, but they seem to be winning. Wrasse maybe? (since they're nocturnal, I think it wont work). __________________ Elos 160XL \| Powermodule LED/T5 \| BK Double cone 200 \| Pasadena, CA Home page: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?p=23482778#post23482778

09/05/2010, 03:35 PM	#12
Stanley-Reefer Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Stanley, NC Posts: 1,933	monti nudi...leopard wrasse and blue leg hermits. If you only have a one affected monti--toss it and cut your losses.

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