Scarce as gold

[andysam]

Could someone please explain to me why the Berghia Nudibranch snail is so hard to obtain.I dont like to use chemicals in my tanks,therefore to me this is a perfect solution. In ten years of keeping SW fish I never saw a tank totally without aiptasia , you would think that the demand for this natural born killer would be high thus creating a large supply. Yet I cant seem to source a supply. Being in Canada complicates the issue, however even large suppliers in the states seem to be behind .Are these critters hard to breed or keep?

 

[Innovator]

Yes, hard to keep and tedious to breed.

 

[roka64]

It's probably because they dine on aiptastia only and when there is none left they starve.