Monti Eating Nudis

Shooter9er · 02/16/2006, 11:35 AM

Does anyone know a proven method to expel these *&^%*$Q*^ pests!! I notices a slight recession on two of my montis over the weekend and finally had a chance to spend sometime on the tank yesterday and pulled out my monti that was receeding the worst. To my shock it was covered with nudis .... I quickly pulled out all of my montis and did a freshwater dip and brushed them with a toothbrush to try and remove these PIA. One more fresh water dip and some heavy fragging and back into the tank they went. Anyone have any good ideas?

Here is a pic.

Shooter9er · 02/16/2006, 12:48 PM

Anyone?

gobygoby · 02/16/2006, 12:51 PM

thats about all i did. and the one's I couldnt get to with the t-brush. I jammed a pen tip or something and squished them to death....

they never came back.

GOby

jamal-188 · 02/16/2006, 01:48 PM

I battled with them for months in my 200g reef. I never found anyone that had a cure or dip. I manually just removed them and used a tooth brush for the eggs. I eventually beat them but it took a lot of hard work.

Shooter9er · 02/16/2006, 03:26 PM

I was just talking to my buddy at the LFS and he said that possom wrasses will go after them. So I am going to give that a run to make sure they are knocked out completely.

jamal-188 · 02/17/2006, 07:07 AM

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Originally posted by Shooter9er
I was just talking to my buddy at the LFS and he said that possom wrasses will go after them. So I am going to give that a run to make sure they are knocked out completely.

I've heard several wrasses "may" eat them...I think one was a green wrasse that is said to eat zoo monti's as well. The only problem is that does not eliminate the eggs which must be scrubbed off the rock/coral.

02/16/2006, 11:35 AM	#1
Shooter9er Registered Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: Bend, OR Posts: 376	Monti Eating Nudis Does anyone know a proven method to expel these &^%$Q*^ pests!! I notices a slight recession on two of my montis over the weekend and finally had a chance to spend sometime on the tank yesterday and pulled out my monti that was receeding the worst. To my shock it was covered with nudis .... I quickly pulled out all of my montis and did a freshwater dip and brushed them with a toothbrush to try and remove these PIA. One more fresh water dip and some heavy fragging and back into the tank they went. Anyone have any good ideas? Here is a pic. __________________ "You want some of this milk sideburns? I'd rather have a beer!" Current Tank Info: 225 gal SPS Reef 48x36x30

02/16/2006, 12:48 PM	#2
Shooter9er Registered Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: Bend, OR Posts: 376	Anyone? __________________ "You want some of this milk sideburns? I'd rather have a beer!" Current Tank Info: 225 gal SPS Reef 48x36x30

02/16/2006, 12:51 PM	#3
gobygoby Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Indianapolis - Indiana Posts: 1,340	thats about all i did. and the one's I couldnt get to with the t-brush. I jammed a pen tip or something and squished them to death.... they never came back. GOby __________________ Goby Current Tank Info: 1/8 gal. super-mega nano

02/16/2006, 03:26 PM	#5
Shooter9er Registered Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: Bend, OR Posts: 376	I was just talking to my buddy at the LFS and he said that possom wrasses will go after them. So I am going to give that a run to make sure they are knocked out completely. __________________ "You want some of this milk sideburns? I'd rather have a beer!" Current Tank Info: 225 gal SPS Reef 48x36x30

02/16/2006, 01:48 PM	#4
jamal-188 Moved On Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: PA Posts: 1,480	I battled with them for months in my 200g reef. I never found anyone that had a cure or dip. I manually just removed them and used a tooth brush for the eggs. I eventually beat them but it took a lot of hard work.