MarkKlier
01/28/2006, 09:57 AM
As many of you know I have had two of these wonderful creatures in my tanks for a few months. I had mastered feeding them..and they were laying eggs about every third day. Sadly, they both died last night in a "mishap" they found the small intake to the power head.
I learned much and would like to share....
FIRST....leave these guys in the ocean, unless you are studying them.....
They eat flat worms very well...but so quickly that they run out of food. I found they could easily eat 200 flat worms a day...
Next ...what goes in comes out...their waste is very toxic. It destroyed one of my prized acanthastrea. They also leave slime trails all over the tank.
When they die...same things...I'm now running to make sure my tank does not crash....
They are very pretty and very cool...but flat worm exit works very well..and in the long run I think the Nudies will starve (as many have)..unless you set up a separate culture tank and feed them.
I may or may not study these more in the future, but I do not think it would serve people well to put them in their reef tanks...
MK
I learned much and would like to share....
FIRST....leave these guys in the ocean, unless you are studying them.....
They eat flat worms very well...but so quickly that they run out of food. I found they could easily eat 200 flat worms a day...
Next ...what goes in comes out...their waste is very toxic. It destroyed one of my prized acanthastrea. They also leave slime trails all over the tank.
When they die...same things...I'm now running to make sure my tank does not crash....
They are very pretty and very cool...but flat worm exit works very well..and in the long run I think the Nudies will starve (as many have)..unless you set up a separate culture tank and feed them.
I may or may not study these more in the future, but I do not think it would serve people well to put them in their reef tanks...
MK