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Old 06-18-2009, 07:23 PM
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Originally Posted by kien View Post
I have the same problem. At first I thought they were pretty (the Nudis), until I discovered that they were eating my zoas! The colonies that I could take out I did, and dipped them in hot fresh water for a few minutes. The zoas close up tight when you take them out of the water so I think that protects them. I have not lost one single zoa from doing this. I shake the rock every minute or so to shake them off and boy did they fall off! Tonnes of the little buggers, as well as zoa eating crabs. All new frags go through this process now. I have some Zoas that are on my live rock and for those I just check them every so often. They are obvious when they are on the zoas because the zoas close up, and nudis cruise over them. Easy to spot so I suck them up with a turkey baster. I like to think that I'm winning the battle because I'm pulling out fewer and fewer every few days.
Nice thing about nudies is that because there a lot larger than something like AEFW or Red bugs its a ton easier to pull them all out. Luckily I have ever only found a Zoa eating nudi once in my tank (which was my 28 cube) and have never seen any after that. Thanks for the compliment mike! Those caps you gave me are doing great still!
Levi
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