Candy cane full of pests

[hid1203]

Hey guys completely out of the blue these little things started showing up on my candy cane coral. Anyone can tell me what is is before I start treatment? Hope the video is enough for an ID

 

[ying yang]

Looks like lots of boring spiniod worms,they've got 2 tentacles ( think called palps)I've got a load in my tank and they bore into skeletons off lps in my tank or frag plugs off zoas and my corals have slowly died,the red outlines I've done is you cam see a white dot which I believe is top part off worm then the 2 tentacles they stick out to capture food.
What they look like to me anyway.
Rock boring spionid worms

 

[hid1203]

Thanks for replying! Any advice on treatment?

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

Thanks for replying! Any advice on treatment?

I believe the current recommended treatment (if they've spread) is Interceptor, or if they haven't spread, Bayer dipping - to my knowledge, these are still experimental treatments though, and the current successes are based on anecdotal evidence, so your mileage may vary with these treatments. The link below discusses some of things the OP has tried without success, and has links to the recommended treatments on page 3.

Coral Boring Spionid Worms -- an ugly bane to SPS

This is not something I've ever seen before. They are extremely ugly. Mar the appearance of SPS. This is on a "Beach Bum" encrusting montipora. I would take aphasia or even montipora eating nudibranchs over this crap. I've beat those with hard work. Not sure how to eliminate these without...

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[hid1203]

I believe the current recommended treatment (if they've spread) is Interceptor, or if they haven't spread, Bayer dipping - to my knowledge, these are still experimental treatments though, and the current successes are based on anecdotal evidence, so your mileage may vary with these treatments. The link below discusses some of things the OP has tried without success, and has links to the recommended treatments on page 3.

Coral Boring Spionid Worms -- an ugly bane to SPS

This is not something I've ever seen before. They are extremely ugly. Mar the appearance of SPS. This is on a "Beach Bum" encrusting montipora. I would take aphasia or even montipora eating nudibranchs over this crap. I've beat those with hard work. Not sure how to eliminate these without...

www.reef2reef.com

Thank you. Since it’s a new frag and cost me about €20,- I think I’ll just remove it from the tank and try a few aggressive treatments. Rather have it die in QT than spreading throughout my DT. Hope it works since it just started forming a new polyp…

 

[ying yang]

Thanks for replying! Any advice on treatment?

Sorry late reply,been real busy day,buy got a good reply above from a very helpful member.
Good luck with them

 

[TokenReefer]

What's the white flowy stuff on the rocks? It's not the same stuff?

 

[ying yang]

What's the white flowy stuff on the rocks? It's not the same stuff?

Hard to clearly see in videos but maybe some kind off hair algae be my guess

 

[hid1203]

Yeah I think it’s some kind of algae. It’s been there since the start almost but doesn’t get any bigger or smaller than this. The hermits and shrimp seem to graze on it though. And it’s just on a few pieces of rock.