GSP Eating Nudies....

mkareef · 11/07/2009, 03:48 PM

I was at my LFS today and they had Green Star Polyp Eating Nudies.... They looked way cool and will work great for my tank now that I hate the stuff!!

Anyone ever have them before?

arredondojason · 11/07/2009, 04:31 PM

i have never seen these but i would be careful because i doubt they eat only GSP and they will lay eggs and then infest your tank.

graveyardworm · 11/07/2009, 04:33 PM

They are very food specific and only eat GSP. Once the GSP is gone they will die.

pisces4u · 11/07/2009, 04:40 PM

I'd be skeptical...

Allthough nudi's are all specific predators, one that eats only GSP would be just as high in demand as Berghia. There's dozens of posts on every website on ways to remove GSP from live rock and tanks once people realize how fast and aggressively it grows.

GSP eating nudi's would have been headline news years ago if they existed, but maybe I'm naive.

graveyardworm · 11/07/2009, 04:44 PM

I've had them, and once the GSP was gone so were they.

jayreef1213 · 11/07/2009, 04:52 PM

Nice your in Stephentown? Cool!! I live close to you.

mkareef · 11/07/2009, 04:56 PM

Yea where are you located? You go to swampbottom at all?

graveyardworm · 11/07/2009, 04:57 PM

Here's a bunch of info on them. http://www.seaslugforum.net/showall.cfm?base=phylbria

mkareef · 11/07/2009, 05:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by graveyardworm

Here's a bunch of info on them. http://www.seaslugforum.net/showall.cfm?base=phylbria

Sweet thanks!!

jayreef1213 · 11/07/2009, 05:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mkareef

Yea where are you located? You go to swampbottom at all?

You kidding me? That place is awsome. He gets some really cool stuff in.

mkareef · 11/07/2009, 05:04 PM

cool, we will have to meet up there sometime!!

stormrider27 · 11/07/2009, 06:27 PM

Anyone know if they will eat purple star polups?

RobbyVonAwesome · 11/07/2009, 06:33 PM

You can tell by looking at the pics that it'd be really well camouflaged in a colony of GSP. It looks like it has GSP growing on its back!

11/07/2009, 03:48 PM	#1
mkareef Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Stephentown Posts: 70	GSP Eating Nudies.... I was at my LFS today and they had Green Star Polyp Eating Nudies.... They looked way cool and will work great for my tank now that I hate the stuff!! Anyone ever have them before? __________________ Never enough water! Never! Current Tank Info: 240 gallon with 40 gallon frag system

11/07/2009, 04:33 PM	#3
graveyardworm Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Nottingham, NH Posts: 7,251	They are very food specific and only eat GSP. Once the GSP is gone they will die. __________________ -David- President - New Hampshire Reef Club There’ll be no one to save, with the world in a grave Current Tank Info: 100 gal lagoon/seagrass, 100 gal sump, Lifereef 72" skimmer, 180 inwall, 125 inwall seagrass/lagoon in progress

11/07/2009, 04:44 PM	#5
graveyardworm Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Nottingham, NH Posts: 7,251	I've had them, and once the GSP was gone so were they. __________________ -David- President - New Hampshire Reef Club There’ll be no one to save, with the world in a grave Current Tank Info: 100 gal lagoon/seagrass, 100 gal sump, Lifereef 72" skimmer, 180 inwall, 125 inwall seagrass/lagoon in progress

11/07/2009, 04:56 PM	#7
mkareef Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Stephentown Posts: 70	Yea where are you located? You go to swampbottom at all? __________________ Never enough water! Never! Current Tank Info: 240 gallon with 40 gallon frag system

11/07/2009, 04:57 PM	#8
graveyardworm Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Nottingham, NH Posts: 7,251	Here's a bunch of info on them. http://www.seaslugforum.net/showall.cfm?base=phylbria __________________ -David- President - New Hampshire Reef Club There’ll be no one to save, with the world in a grave Current Tank Info: 100 gal lagoon/seagrass, 100 gal sump, Lifereef 72" skimmer, 180 inwall, 125 inwall seagrass/lagoon in progress

11/07/2009, 04:31 PM	#2
arredondojason Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 988	i have never seen these but i would be careful because i doubt they eat only GSP and they will lay eggs and then infest your tank.

11/07/2009, 04:40 PM	#4
pisces4u Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: rochester, NY Posts: 433	I'd be skeptical... Allthough nudi's are all specific predators, one that eats only GSP would be just as high in demand as Berghia. There's dozens of posts on every website on ways to remove GSP from live rock and tanks once people realize how fast and aggressively it grows. GSP eating nudi's would have been headline news years ago if they existed, but maybe I'm naive.

11/07/2009, 04:52 PM	#6
jayreef1213 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: NY Posts: 124	Nice your in Stephentown? Cool!! I live close to you.

11/07/2009, 05:04 PM	#11
mkareef Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Stephentown Posts: 70	cool, we will have to meet up there sometime!! __________________ Never enough water! Never! Current Tank Info: 240 gallon with 40 gallon frag system

11/07/2009, 06:27 PM	#12
stormrider27 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Sarasota, FL Posts: 530	Anyone know if they will eat purple star polups?

11/07/2009, 06:33 PM	#13
RobbyVonAwesome Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Oklahoma City Posts: 394	You can tell by looking at the pics that it'd be really well camouflaged in a colony of GSP. It looks like it has GSP growing on its back!