Berghia Nudibranchs

wchuck · 03/06/2015, 09:39 AM

A couple of months ago, I purchased 2 pair of Berghia online, to take care of an aptasia problem in my tank. Except for 1 very large one (I took the rock it was growing on out of my tank), they apparently ate all the rest, as I have seen no signs of aptasia in a month or so, nor have I ever seen the berghias again after I put them in the tank, until today, when there was what appeared to be a berghia climbing up the front glass of my tank. It has since disappeared, but I was wondering... if the berghias only eat aptasia, what happens to them when the aptasia all gone? And if the berghias die, does it cause a problem in the tank?

pyithar · 03/06/2015, 10:47 AM

i believe they'll then be starved and die.

cloak · 03/06/2015, 11:42 AM

Yeah, if there's no more Aiptasia in the tank they'll die due to starvation. They won't foul up your water though. You would have to have a very small tank and a lot of dead nudibranchs for this to happen.

03/06/2015, 09:39 AM	#1
wchuck Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Posts: 9	Berghia Nudibranchs A couple of months ago, I purchased 2 pair of Berghia online, to take care of an aptasia problem in my tank. Except for 1 very large one (I took the rock it was growing on out of my tank), they apparently ate all the rest, as I have seen no signs of aptasia in a month or so, nor have I ever seen the berghias again after I put them in the tank, until today, when there was what appeared to be a berghia climbing up the front glass of my tank. It has since disappeared, but I was wondering... if the berghias only eat aptasia, what happens to them when the aptasia all gone? And if the berghias die, does it cause a problem in the tank?

03/06/2015, 10:47 AM	#2
pyithar Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: yangon,burma(myanmar) Posts: 1,786	i believe they'll then be starved and die. __________________ take it easy, pyithar Current Tank Info: 150G display, 50G sump, mixed reef

03/06/2015, 11:42 AM	#3
cloak Moved On Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Stockton, CA Posts: 14,854	Yeah, if there's no more Aiptasia in the tank they'll die due to starvation. They won't foul up your water though. You would have to have a very small tank and a lot of dead nudibranchs for this to happen.