Some zoa eating nudis made it past my DD & RR (double dip & RODI rinse) procedure. Clearly, they were eggs. I've been fighting them for almost a month now. The bottle of Bayer that should have lasted me a lifetime in the hobby is about half gone at this point, because I'm dipping all of my zoa colonies every time the polyps close, or at least every 3-4 days. Then I got a 6line wrasse a week or so ago. Not sure if he's got a taste for them or not, but I'm losing patience at this point, and don't want to lose another colony to these little demons. I've only ever seen 1 at a time, but clearly, they're reproducing somehow. At this point, if I had to switch genders and become a Catholic priest in order to perform the exorcism myself, I would seriously consider doing so. No really, I would.
Anyway, here's my 1st draft plan of attack:
Set up a miniature tank as a coral treatment facility (CTF), and put all of my zoas in it.
Treat the whole tank with Bayer for a week.
Rinse everything down with RODI several times so the Bayer is gone, and get a 2nd 6line wrasse (aka Terminator).
Put Terminator in the tank with the zoas for a week, so his main food source is nudis.
Then move him into the nano and treat the CTF with Bayer again for a week or two, until the 180 is up and running.
When Michael sets up his 190, Terminator will get his 'green card' and take up permanent residency there.
Coincidentally, I'm in the early stages of upgrading my 125 to a 180. When I tear down the 125, should I get all of my corals off their current rocky homes, dip them, and start completely over with dry rock in the 180? I have one or two fabulous rocks in my DT now that I really want to put in the 180. How do I process those so they're nudi-free? I'm thinking about bleaching them, then soaking them in Prime to dechlorinate them, and putting them back in the tank. Would that be a horrible plan?
Anyone else battle these things successfully? If so, how did you do it? PLEASE school me in the ways of the force... I'm sure I'd make a great paduan.
Anyway, here's my 1st draft plan of attack:
Set up a miniature tank as a coral treatment facility (CTF), and put all of my zoas in it.
Treat the whole tank with Bayer for a week.
Rinse everything down with RODI several times so the Bayer is gone, and get a 2nd 6line wrasse (aka Terminator).
Put Terminator in the tank with the zoas for a week, so his main food source is nudis.
Then move him into the nano and treat the CTF with Bayer again for a week or two, until the 180 is up and running.
When Michael sets up his 190, Terminator will get his 'green card' and take up permanent residency there.
Coincidentally, I'm in the early stages of upgrading my 125 to a 180. When I tear down the 125, should I get all of my corals off their current rocky homes, dip them, and start completely over with dry rock in the 180? I have one or two fabulous rocks in my DT now that I really want to put in the 180. How do I process those so they're nudi-free? I'm thinking about bleaching them, then soaking them in Prime to dechlorinate them, and putting them back in the tank. Would that be a horrible plan?
Anyone else battle these things successfully? If so, how did you do it? PLEASE school me in the ways of the force... I'm sure I'd make a great paduan.
