Nudibranch

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  1. jlocmac

    jlocmac Astrea Snail

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    Is there some kind of fish that will eat the nudibranches off my zoa colonies? What is the right procedure to do a freshwater dip? Do you have to use some kind of chemicals or can it be just water? Just a few questions I have. Any help would be appreciated.
     
    jlocmac, Feb 10, 2009
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  2. LCP136

    LCP136 Sailfin Tang

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    If you freshwater dip you will kill your zoas. Wrasses such as the six line will often eat little pests like that, but they can only eat so much. Damsels will also eat whatever they can find, but they are highly aggressive.
     
    LCP136, Feb 12, 2009
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  3. Daniel072

    Daniel072 Giant Squid

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    a fresh water dip will not kill zoas. I have used this method before to kill zoa pox and it didn't harm them in the least bit. when I did this, I used room temp freshwater and dipped my zoas in the water for about 5 min, shook them off and placed back into the tank. No problems
     
    Daniel072, Feb 12, 2009
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  4. shoebox1951

    shoebox1951 Astrea Snail

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    Fresh water dip is the quickest cheapest and probrobly the safest way to get them off I had the same problem but I just picked them off one by one with a feeding tube till they were gone. Fresh water dip, definetly. I wouldnt do 5 minutes though, mayby half or one at most.
     
    shoebox1951, Feb 14, 2009
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