Group Buy: Aiptasia Nudibranches, Berghia verrucicornis

[Funky_Fish14]

I'll do my darndest to keep mine going! So far, 4 out of 5 are eating well. One didnt eat the last time I fed, but still has a slight pigmentation from when I picked it up, or maybe it ate a little here. Im taking it real slow. I hope to work them into a 1g acrylic container. I hope I dont have any problems!

Rory, Im sure the aiptasia's in your tank wont cause too many problems? I can also say that if berghias were able to colonize in there, im sure they'd clean 'er out real quick.

Did you guys drip acclimate right away real quick? Im still floating in the original water, and could even smell some decay from the dead aiptasia remains I added, but the berghias seemed fine. I am starting to add small amounts(squirt-tubes full) of water from my tank that has been temperature matched. Will slowly quadruple the volume of water in their container.

I'll keep everyone updated!

Rory, any chance of cross contamination between tools you were using? I rinse everything I use with RO/DI water all the time, also, I dont let chlorinated water near any of my tank stuff except test tubes when I clean them, then they are rinsed with RO/DI anyways. I use new towels all the time, and completely dry anything thats wet. I also only used new containers thus far with anything I did reguarding the Nudis.

Chris

[Psyire]

Mine seem to be doing fine, I'll report back in the future... as I see progression,

[TheReefGeek]

I think they died from the decay from the feeder aiptasia.
I only fed one small aiptasia per day though, and syphoned out any remains the next day, but with such a small water volume the decay was probably too much, so everyone with berghias left should be carefull of that.

I also fed some aiptasia "bits", maybe stick with whole aiptasias so they are alive and not decaying right away?

[muck]

What was the water temp you had them in Rory?

[Funky_Fish14]

I did the aiptasia harvesting thing(torn feet though) too, and I did get bits and decay left over, which I took out after a day, and they were still fine.

Currently adding 6ml of water to their container every 7-9hrs.

Chris

[TheReefGeek]

Water temp was 80

[Funky_Fish14]

Hmm, that could be a little high for them. A couple years ago, I lost a lettuce nudi at 81, and another assorted nudi at 83. Not sure if that coupled with anything else might be the cause?

Chris