Nudi got sucked

aarone

Active Member
My lettuce nudi got sucked up by my powerhead....i saw it shoot across my tank in about 4 or 5 pieces. the weird thing is his front half (head and half of his gills) are still in tact and moving around my tank....he is crawling on the glass right now. do they regenerate like stars do?
aaron
 

nm reef

Active Member
I don't believe they do.
That is one of the potential problems with keeping nudi's...they are very susceptable to powerhead damage and all steps possible should be taken to prevent access to the intake of powerheads!:thinking:
 

aarone

Active Member
Thanx NM...but i guess he will just keep traveling throughout the tank half...headed?
aaron
 

clarkiiboi

Active Member
I have no idea how it could still be crawling on the glass. Maybe only for a short period of time. Like a chicken with its head cut off--not sure if that is true, but have heard so. Curious to what others think---bump for ya.
 

aarone

Active Member
thanx. It has moved quite a bit. And it is not just the current. The head is at the top of the glass. it has moved about 8 inches in 3 hours. i dont know why it is doing this...especially since it happened 2 days ago.
aaron
 
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pinanomanda

Guest
oh my goodness... that is sick!!
it'd be neet if there was a way to attach videos on here and you could make a moovie for us... :D
 

aarone

Active Member
im sure i could record a smal one with my digi cam and then post it on my website. but i dont remember my FTP site. I will try and get that info and post when i can.
aaron
 
Sorry to hear about your nudibranch - ours got sucked up too. Wish they mentioned that possibility on the webpage. Would have preferred to have known about it ahead of time and prevented a needless death. He was one of our favorites, too. At least we don't have partial survivor like you -- kind of freaky ...
 

jared

Member
Don't have much to offer on the fish, but the story about the chicken is true. The joys of living in Idaho...
Sorry, no really useful info.
 
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