Acan Pest ID

[NeonRabbit221B]

I got an acan colony a few weeks ago that has been struggling and after rechecking water chemistry I decided to redip them for pests. When they came off they looked round and fairly long and I initially thought they were flatworms. They shriveled up before I could grab a picture so my girlfriend took a look under the microscope.

Taken under 40x magnification... Any ideas?

 

[NeonRabbit221B]

This picture doesn't make me feel much better...

 

[NeonRabbit221B]

Bumping for anyone that can help. It was an expensive piece and it looks like it is dying...

 

[Wolf89]

bump

 

[NeonRabbit221B]

Realize I did take a photo before they shriveled up

 

[Maritimer]

To my eye, those could be munnid isopods. They're generally pretty harmless, but might well scavenge a coral that's already in distress.

~B.

 

[NeonRabbit221B]

Thank you! I was leaning toward some type of isopod but that seems like a match!