Any idea what these are?! FREAKING OUT!

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Kinda freaking out here. I just picked up a small pocillopora colony from my LFS. I dipped in coral RX for 10 minutes, shook, and about 50+ of these critters came off. Dipping did not kill them. Any ideas what these are?

Video is the best I could come up with.
 

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Put them under a microscope. Good job on the video but just not enough detail on the pests.
 
Hard to tell, but I would not put that coral in your tank as it may be carrying eggs. Do you see any bites/damage of the coral to see if they are feeding on it?

My guess would have been red bugs, but the video doesn’t show the lighter color you see with google pictures.
 

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