I have found these on several corals I have dipped that are in my main tank. Sps and lps. Unfortunately I can figure out what they are. The pics were taken with my iPhone and a 40x magnifying glass. Any info would be great.
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lazerben
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Those are baby nudibranchs slugs I just removed two and some babies from my montipora my advice dip corals for at least 15min and use some kind of turkey blaster syringe to push water in order to knock it down. Then for eggs and remaining hard sticking ones use a unused toothbrush and go gently
I’ve never seen any nudis this small. When I say small you can’t see them with your necked eye. This pic is with my phone at 4 times zoom. And I’ve never spotted any eggs on all the corals I’ve pulled to dip
I agree - not molluscs or worms.
Possibly some sort of smaller isopod? I think that I see an appropriately segmented shell. Would be a somewhat distant relative of the rolly-polies in your garden.
~B.
Possibly some sort of smaller isopod? I think that I see an appropriately segmented shell. Would be a somewhat distant relative of the rolly-polies in your garden.
~B.
I have found a lot of them on corals that have receded at the base. I’m just not sure if they are the cause of the Recession or just eating the dead and dying flesh. But I’ve also found them on health corals.
