Beghia breeding (Aeolidiella stephanieae)

[Andrey Grodno]

I managed to buy 30 bergs. It's a miracle. The seller added their caviar to the bergs. I decided to look at this caviar under a microscope and I was very surp

rised. It looks like a rotifer, but not a bergia.

 

[Saminpa]

30 is definitely a big order, I hope you got a great deal. I breed and sell them and reduce price per nudi significantly once the order is over 20. My biggest order Ive had was 35 for a 300 gallon system, I charged the guy $7.50 a nudibranch.

 

[Andrey Grodno]

I need help. I have many clutches of bergy eggs. Here's one of them. But I can't get baby bergyas from the eggs. The eggs are in a separate tank with aeration and aiptasia. Something is going wrong. But what?

 

[Saminpa]

I need help. I have many clutches of bergy eggs. Here's one of them. But I can't get baby bergyas from the eggs. The eggs are in a separate tank with aeration and aiptasia. Something is going wrong. But what?

How long ago did the eggs hatch that you aren’t seeing babies from? It’s usually about 4 weeks before you can see the babies with the naked eye

 

[Saminpa]

How long ago did the eggs hatch that you aren’t seeing babies from? It’s usually about 4 weeks before you can see the babies with the naked eye

Also how big is the tank you are housing the eggs in? If it’s something big, the babies can struggle traveling to find the food

 

[mikey1958]

What does 'tote' mean?

Lol

 

[mikey1958]

This is turning out to be a really enjoyable thread

I am starting a berghia farm myself..I am starting with 2 ten gallon tanks..My main aptasia tank is a 20 gal long..any pointers?

 

[Saminpa]

I am starting a berghia farm myself..I am starting with 2 ten gallon tanks..My main aptasia tank is a 20 gal long..any pointers?

I found that a large berghia breeding tank is unsuccessful. I started with a 5 gallon for aiptasia and a 5 gallon for nudi. After a while i discovered that because I limited the amount of food, the babies die off because the tank is too big so they didn’t find the aiptasia i put in.

So now I still use a 5 gallon for aiptasia, but the nudibranchs are housed in a 1 gallon jar. Everyone can find food easily

 

[Saminpa]

This is where I got the jar idea from

 

[Saminpa]

Nudi don’t need to eat daily, babies every 3-5 days and adults 5-7 days. So every other day I drop a couple aiptasia in my jar

 

[Andrey Grodno]

Also how big is the tank you are housing the eggs in? If it’s something big, the babies can struggle traveling to find the food

I keep my bergies in containers of about 1 liter.

 

[Iremember]

I have a little problem. Actually a big problem but a small Jar reef. I do have some Duncan coral that I have kept alive and growing for about 4 years now but then a hitch hiker in the form of Aiptasia. I tried a blue lazer but only succeeded in burning my hand while the anemone hid in the coral rock. Then I ordered a couple Berghia nudibranch. Immediately they laid eggs and saw the aiptasia disappearing but then the arrival of Asterina starfish. Now I have some Aiptasia. Can't find any Berghias and a number of Asterina. I have no idea where it is going.

 

[Saminpa]

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I have a little problem. Actually a big problem but a small Jar reef. I do have some Duncan coral that I have kept alive and growing for about 4 years now but then a hitch hiker in the form of Aiptasia. I tried a blue lazer but only succeeded in burning my hand while the anemone hid in the coral rock. Then I ordered a couple Berghia nudibranch. Immediately they laid eggs and saw the aiptasia disappearing but then the arrival of Asterina starfish. Now I have some Aiptasia. Can't find any Berghias and a number of Asterina. I have no idea where it is going.

maybe the asterinas ate the nudi

 

[William Bruckmann]

I swear I read somewhere about someone who was propagating aiptasia for berghia purposes by putting them in a blender for half a second and then dumping the slurry into the water. Ever try that?

True for mushrooms but not Aiptasia. If i cut a head off I feed it right away because it will slowly dissolve otherwise. The foot will regrow however. If I cut them in half sometimes they survive sometimes they don’t.

 

[Jmp998]

True for mushrooms but not Aiptasia. If i cut a head off I feed it right away because it will slowly dissolve otherwise. The foot will regrow however. If I cut them in half sometimes they survive sometimes they don’t.

I have seen many posts also claiming that blending works, I expect you do gets lots of microscopic aiptasia, but a hundred microscopic aiptasia is not as good as 1 big one (for raising berghia). . There is just too much tissue destroyed in the process, you are not gaining overall at least in the short term.

Like you I have seen hit or miss with the head regrowing, but foot always does, so when I was chopping I would also feed the head and let foot regrow.

 

[jelazar]

I know amphipods will eat berghia eggs, but what about copepods?

 

[kilnakorr]

I know amphipods will eat berghia eggs, but what about copepods?

I've never seen copepods around the egg spirals, and hatching seems the same even when plenty of copepods is in the tank.
Don't think they eat the eggs.