anybody had success with Berghia nudibranchs?

[Underwater]

Hey there-
I have had 4 Berghias in my tank now for a few months, and they work like nobody's business.
They are nice option when you haven't had any luck with other remedies or you don't want to add additional chemicals to your tank.

HTH-
Michelle

[Nexus13]

Cool! that sounds promising.

would you recommend them over peppermint shrimp?

and will these little monsters eat big aiptasia or just small ones?

my tank really only has small ones but they keep popping up everywhere, i want a solution to permanently get rid of these things.

[Underwater]

Maybe I haven't been smiled upon by the Peppermint Shrimp "Gods", but I have never had a peppermint that did anything but step over aptasia. Now, don't get me wrong-there are those blessed with PS that will actually earn their keep-I just haven't found one.

Berghia have never met an aptasia they didn't like... and it really hasn't seemed to matter what size they were, the Berghia's made short work of them in no time. If you are thinking about getting some, let me know. If we can get a big enough group order together before Tuesday, then we could have them by Thursday.

PM me if you have any other questions-
~M

[Drock169]

coralscaping.com has an interesting write up on them, claiming that you shouldnt get so many to wipe out your aiptasia, but just to keep them in check so that the berghia's will continue breeding in your system rather than starve.

[vazgor]

i'm interested in some i would like to get rid of the pest anenomes in my tank but i dont think mine are aptaisa the ones in my tank arnt just brown they acculy look kinda nice with green and yellow centers but they are starting to add up and i know that cant be good

[Nexus13]

thanks for the advice.

Michelle, were they breeding at all?

and who would you be buying from cause i'm up in Edmonton.


I read that:
"Berghia eggs begin to hatch after approximately 10-14 days."

"It will be some weeks before the juveniles can actually be seen with the naked eye - about two months, in fact. "


maybe you will be a proud mother soon?

let me know!

Daniel

[Delphinus]

I tried one berghia a few weeks ago but it disappeared overnight never to be seen again. Apparently that's normal but unfortunately I think it perished because the aiptasia count is as high as ever and growing by the day. I'm willing to give berghia another go but maybe this time I'll try 2 instead of 1, maybe they need to feel secure to come out or something.

FWIW, I've never had any luck with peppermints controlling aiptasia.