My Berghia Nudibranchs Grow-Out Pictures

[luu78]

Hello everyone, it has been a couple weeks since my Berghias from ReefTown laid their first egg ribbon. There have been several more egg ribbons since and some have hatched successfully as well. There are baby Berghias at couple different stages now in the grow-out container. I thought I share some progress pictures for everyone to view. I’m running out of aptaisa fast since they’re voracious hunters. At the current growth rate, I have to rehome some of my broodstock Berghias to maintain/reserve a steady supply of aptaisa for the baby Berghias. I will be posting in the for sale section soon. Aptaisa donations gladly accepted if you’re within 20-30 mins from Quincy. Please let me know if you have a bunch on rock rubbles that I can trade with clean rock rubbles. Thanks in advance.

Look at them hunting in groups, it’s in their DNA

 

[Dany Estrada]

Any for sale

 

[PSU4ME]

That’s awesome Ben! Nice to see them laying eggs and hatching. Should be good aiptasia control for a long time! Thanks for sharing!

 

[luu78]

That’s awesome Ben! Nice to see them laying eggs and hatching. Should be good aiptasia control for a long time! Thanks for sharing!

Happy to share, These grow- out opportunities make reefing that much more fun and exciting! Cheers

 

[PSU4ME]

I’d love to throw these guys in my overflow, tons to eat there but I’m not sure how they’d do in the environment

 

[s_kelley]

Very cool project Ben! Thank you for sharing it with us!

 

[thrillreefer]

Nice! The 10 day babies look terrifyingly like Montipora eating nudis. Maybe not as white but enough to give me flashbacks hah

 

[jfoahs04]

So cool!

 

[shrimpchips]

Curious how much you’re having to feed these guys? I just threw them into my system, and after a month I’m seeing a few babies of various sizes (3-6mm). I’ve considered setting up a longer term culture to keep them going, but would be curious to know how much food you’re having to supply.

 

[luu78]

Ironically, you would have to start an aptaisa culture as well to keep up with the demand. The baby Berghias will consume the aptaisa rapidly as they increase their biomass. With 3-4 ribbons that have hatched so far, I am feeding around 3 to 4 small aptasia (< 1/4”) per day and this number will only increase rapidly as they increase in size.

 

[Cpage101]

I’d love to throw these guys in my overflow, tons to eat there but I’m not sure how they’d do in the environment

me too

 

[Dany Estrada]

Any one got some for sale plz pm me I got to much aptaisa

 

[Platehead]

Will they go after mojano

 

[luu78]

Will they go after mojano

Good question, I’ve been feeding my broodstock green Majanos, but haven’t seen them going for them. So, now I will start to feed the baby Berghias to see if they can take on Majanos.

 

[FREAKINRICAN69]

Please keep us posted. Great job handling abs raising them. Wow amazing chief

 

[edsonnas]

Can u sale me a bunch??? Let me know

 

[edsonnas]

Hey body do you have some for sale ???

 

[luu78]

Hey body do you have some for sale ???

Maybe in a month, I’m growing out my second batch now. Thanks