look what i just found in my tank

marcus01 · 01/16/2008, 07:43 PM

is this a nudi and if so what do i do with it.

demonsp · 01/16/2008, 07:47 PM

look like a sea cucumber.

LobsterOfJustice · 01/16/2008, 07:57 PM

Wow, rather large. Where EXACTLY did you find it? Did you find it in a coral which looks similar to the appendages on it's back?

marcus01 · 01/16/2008, 07:58 PM

it was on the sand near a colony of zoas WHAT IS IT?

marcus01 · 01/16/2008, 08:12 PM

HELP I DONT NO WHAT TO DO WITH IT

LobsterOfJustice · 01/16/2008, 08:17 PM

Calm down

Have you been losing any corals, snails, etc? Having any problems lately?

jbaty · 01/16/2008, 08:17 PM

to me it looks like either a sea cumber or a nudi... I've seen them in reef tanks without issues... me personally, I don't want either one in my tanks... it's up to you

marcus01 · 01/16/2008, 08:23 PM

I LOST HALF MY COLONY OF YELLOW POLYPS RECENTLY THEY JUST SEEMED TO BE DISAPERING AND ANOTHER ZOA SEEMS TO BE LOSING HEADS

marcus01 · 01/16/2008, 08:27 PM

P.S. IM TRYING TO CALM DOWN DEEP BREATHS AND SITTING IN THE ARM CHAIR

corals b 4 bills · 01/16/2008, 08:36 PM

I looks to me like a Nudi, Put him in the sump until he talks and gives up his friends.

Kannin · 01/16/2008, 08:51 PM

Many nudis mimic the appearance of their food... I think.

LobsterOfJustice · 01/16/2008, 09:41 PM

Take your zoas out into a small cup of water and blast them with a turkey baster or shake them, and see if any more nudi's come off.

I'm thinking it's eating your zoas.

jbaty · 01/16/2008, 09:45 PM

If you are losing things, then definately take it ou of the tank. I would check each coral that you are starting to lose and see if any other's are on there.

As for the relaxation goes... I would recommend the following:
1. Drive to Beer store.
2. Buy 12 pack (would recommend only a 6 pack.. but due to DUI laws.. it's safer to not drive back for another 6 pack)
3. Drive home... (Key is to make it home without drinking first 6 pack)
4. Drink and relax...

LOL

woodycb · 01/16/2008, 10:03 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by jbaty
If you are losing things, then definately take it ou of the tank. I would check each coral that you are starting to lose and see if any other's are on there.

As for the relaxation goes... I would recommend the following:
1. Drive to Beer store.
2. Buy 12 pack (would recommend only a 6 pack.. but due to DUI laws.. it's safer to not drive back for another 6 pack)
3. Drive home... (Key is to make it home without drinking first 6 pack)
4. Drink and relax...

LOL

Now that sounds good and Im not even freakin out.

ACBlinky · 01/16/2008, 11:03 PM

That is one nasty nudi. They're pretty, but IME they eat corals like they're at a buffet. I found several on a leather coral -- they were teeny, and had eaten holes right through the stalk! Get rid of it and definitely go back and look for it's posse. They rarely travel alone.

acrodave · 01/16/2008, 11:07 PM

Cant be a cucumber. Cucumbers have tube feet like starfish. That thing have one big foot like nudi or slugs

REEFY1 · 01/16/2008, 11:14 PM

Put Him in the Electric Chair!!!!!!!!!!!!

SSalty · 01/16/2008, 11:14 PM

-Dip in egg wash
-Dredge in flour
-season with old bay
-deep fry until golden brown
-enjoy with a glass of salt water

REEFY1 · 01/16/2008, 11:15 PM

-Dip in egg wash
-Dredge in flour
-season with old bay
-deep fry until golden brown
-enjoy with a glass of salt water

NICE

marcus01 · 01/17/2008, 03:35 PM

thanks for the help...
its going on the barbeque

smp · 01/17/2008, 04:05 PM

Just put it in your sump. Not all nudis are bad. That one looks to be too big to be a zoo eating nudibranch. There are many harmless nudis and they are rather interesting animals. Put it in your sump where it can't do harm.

acrodave · 01/17/2008, 04:17 PM

I would not put it in your sump. most nudis are toxic and if it gets in your return pump. What a nightmare that will be

pagojoe · 01/17/2008, 05:42 PM

Greenbean and I are betting it's not harmless.

Don

ooja3k · 01/17/2008, 06:48 PM

Ya i would not put it in your sump either...

Definitely no where near water that is connected to my main tank... If a baby hatches and makes it up into your main display, you are in a world of hurt...

Also, you might want to check your polyps for egg spirals.

01/16/2008, 07:43 PM	#1
marcus01 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: U.K Posts: 112	look what i just found in my tank is this a nudi and if so what do i do with it.

01/16/2008, 07:57 PM	#3
LobsterOfJustice Recovering Detritophobe Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Cary, NC Posts: 7,443	Wow, rather large. Where EXACTLY did you find it? Did you find it in a coral which looks similar to the appendages on it's back? __________________ If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right. I remember when zoanthids were called things like "green" and "orange" and not "reverse gorilla nipple." Current Tank Info: 180g reef with all the bells and whistles

01/16/2008, 08:17 PM	#6
LobsterOfJustice Recovering Detritophobe Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Cary, NC Posts: 7,443	Calm down Have you been losing any corals, snails, etc? Having any problems lately? __________________ If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right. I remember when zoanthids were called things like "green" and "orange" and not "reverse gorilla nipple." Current Tank Info: 180g reef with all the bells and whistles

01/16/2008, 08:17 PM	#7
jbaty Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Garland TX Posts: 44	to me it looks like either a sea cumber or a nudi... I've seen them in reef tanks without issues... me personally, I don't want either one in my tanks... it's up to you __________________ Thanks, Jerry

01/16/2008, 08:36 PM	#10
corals b 4 bills Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: San Francisco Bay Area (Belmont). Posts: 2,381	I looks to me like a Nudi, Put him in the sump until he talks and gives up his friends. __________________ Reefkeeper - (ref-ke-per) n: Individual obsessed with placing disturbing amounts of electricity and seawater in close proximity for the purpose of maintaining live coral reef organisms. Current Tank Info: 29 gallon Bio Cube, HQI 150 watt Nanotuner~Vortech MP10W ES~Arctica Chiller~AC II~Tunze Osmolator ATO~ Tunze 9002 skimmer W/In Tank Cup~ Korallin Reactor W/PH Monitor~ Korallin Denitrator~APC Back-up~Phosban/Carbon Reactor.

01/16/2008, 07:47 PM	#2
demonsp Moved On Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: el paso tx Posts: 7,634	look like a sea cucumber.

01/16/2008, 07:58 PM	#4
marcus01 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: U.K Posts: 112	it was on the sand near a colony of zoas WHAT IS IT?

01/16/2008, 08:12 PM	#5
marcus01 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: U.K Posts: 112	HELP I DONT NO WHAT TO DO WITH IT

01/16/2008, 08:23 PM	#8
marcus01 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: U.K Posts: 112	I LOST HALF MY COLONY OF YELLOW POLYPS RECENTLY THEY JUST SEEMED TO BE DISAPERING AND ANOTHER ZOA SEEMS TO BE LOSING HEADS

01/16/2008, 08:27 PM	#9
marcus01 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: U.K Posts: 112	P.S. IM TRYING TO CALM DOWN DEEP BREATHS AND SITTING IN THE ARM CHAIR

01/16/2008, 08:51 PM	#11
Kannin Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Fall City, WA Posts: 1,538	Many nudis mimic the appearance of their food... I think. __________________ I used to target feed mojanos... until I found out that they weren't baby bubble tips.

01/16/2008, 09:41 PM	#12
LobsterOfJustice Recovering Detritophobe Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Cary, NC Posts: 7,443	Take your zoas out into a small cup of water and blast them with a turkey baster or shake them, and see if any more nudi's come off. I'm thinking it's eating your zoas. __________________ If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right. I remember when zoanthids were called things like "green" and "orange" and not "reverse gorilla nipple." Current Tank Info: 180g reef with all the bells and whistles

01/16/2008, 09:45 PM	#13
jbaty Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Garland TX Posts: 44	If you are losing things, then definately take it ou of the tank. I would check each coral that you are starting to lose and see if any other's are on there. As for the relaxation goes... I would recommend the following: 1. Drive to Beer store. 2. Buy 12 pack (would recommend only a 6 pack.. but due to DUI laws.. it's safer to not drive back for another 6 pack) 3. Drive home... (Key is to make it home without drinking first 6 pack) 4. Drink and relax... LOL __________________ Thanks, Jerry

01/16/2008, 11:03 PM	#15
ACBlinky Premium Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Peterborough, ON, Canada Posts: 4,954 Blog Entries: 20	That is one nasty nudi. They're pretty, but IME they eat corals like they're at a buffet. I found several on a leather coral -- they were teeny, and had eaten holes right through the stalk! Get rid of it and definitely go back and look for it's posse. They rarely travel alone. __________________ "The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears, or the sea." - Isak Dinesen Current Tank Info: 150g mixed reef, 30g sump/refugium, LED lighting, 100lbs LR, coral beauty, flame angel, blue & yellow tangs, gobies, damsels, 6-line wrasse, lawnmower blenny, dottyback, clown pair, rabbitfish, shrimp, crabs, CUC.

01/16/2008, 11:07 PM	#16
acrodave REEF NERD Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: maryville tn-- work in knoxville Posts: 4,187	Cant be a cucumber. Cucumbers have tube feet like starfish. That thing have one big foot like nudi or slugs __________________ Peace,Dave Superman puts on Tim Tebow pajamas when he goes to bed The Heisman as a sophomore nuff said Less technology more biology Tattoos are the only art you can take to the grave Current Tank Info: 26gal bow,20gal mantis tank/fuge150wHQI,20k AB Seio 620 maxijet1200x's 2 on a wave maker. all sps

01/16/2008, 11:14 PM	#17
REEFY1 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Vinton,VA Posts: 983	Put Him in the Electric Chair!!!!!!!!!!!! __________________ Chad Current Tank Info: Doing a 180 This Time!!!

01/16/2008, 11:14 PM	#18
SSalty Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 562	-Dip in egg wash -Dredge in flour -season with old bay -deep fry until golden brown -enjoy with a glass of salt water __________________ "once you've tasted excess, everything else tastes bland"

01/16/2008, 11:15 PM	#19
REEFY1 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Vinton,VA Posts: 983	-Dip in egg wash -Dredge in flour -season with old bay -deep fry until golden brown -enjoy with a glass of salt water NICE __________________ Chad Current Tank Info: Doing a 180 This Time!!!

01/17/2008, 03:35 PM	#20
marcus01 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: U.K Posts: 112	thanks for the help... its going on the barbeque

01/17/2008, 04:05 PM	#21
smp Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Toronto, ON Posts: 574	Just put it in your sump. Not all nudis are bad. That one looks to be too big to be a zoo eating nudibranch. There are many harmless nudis and they are rather interesting animals. Put it in your sump where it can't do harm. __________________ K.I.S.S Current Tank Info: 90 Gallon reef, 2 x 250 Pheonix 14k on icecaps, 2 x Aquascience 17.5 on workhorse, ER RS-135, Tunze ATO Kalk bucket, 30 Gallon sump, MRC CR1 reactor, 2 x phosban reactor (Rowa, Carbon), 2 x MJ Mod, mixed reef

01/17/2008, 04:17 PM	#22
acrodave REEF NERD Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: maryville tn-- work in knoxville Posts: 4,187	I would not put it in your sump. most nudis are toxic and if it gets in your return pump. What a nightmare that will be __________________ Peace,Dave Superman puts on Tim Tebow pajamas when he goes to bed The Heisman as a sophomore nuff said Less technology more biology Tattoos are the only art you can take to the grave Current Tank Info: 26gal bow,20gal mantis tank/fuge150wHQI,20k AB Seio 620 maxijet1200x's 2 on a wave maker. all sps

01/17/2008, 05:42 PM	#23
pagojoe Team RC Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Conroe, TX Posts: 2,761	Greenbean and I are betting it's not harmless. Don

01/17/2008, 06:48 PM	#24
ooja3k The Reef Producer Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Costa Mesa Posts: 1,192	Ya i would not put it in your sump either... Definitely no where near water that is connected to my main tank... If a baby hatches and makes it up into your main display, you are in a world of hurt... Also, you might want to check your polyps for egg spirals. __________________ -Ryan PBITAWA