Do pagoda cups have specific parasites

[lilbitreefer]

So latley I have started noticing these white specks on my pagoda. They seem to be in a different spot every time I look at it. Kinda like the moving mole on the evil king from robin hood men in tights. At first I thought it was just sand particles but now I don't think so. I manatge to srape off a few but they are so tiny they just seem to disitegreate. I would love to give you a picture but they are too small and don't show up on the camera.

 

[dwest]

So latley I have started noticing these white specks on my pagoda. They seem to be in a different spot every time I look at it. Kinda like the moving mole on the evil king from robin hood men in tights. At first I thought it was just sand particles but now I don't think so. I manatge to srape off a few but they are so tiny they just seem to disitegreate. I would love to give you a picture but they are too small and don't show up on the camera.

Never heard of any.

 

[Lovemyreef2015]

Can you post some pictures? Could just be pods

Edit, with a magnifying glass?

 

[lilbitreefer]

I can try but I didn’t look like a copepod

 

[lilbitreefer]

This is probably the best view I could get I will try again when u see it appear

 

[Lovemyreef2015]

Yea, I can't make out what it could be. Sorry. Maybe @KJ can see what I can't

 

[KJ]

Hard to tell from the pic!

 

[lilbitreefer]

There is nothing about it it just looks like a spec of sand except swishy and their different sizes too and they don’t come off easy

 

[Lovemyreef2015]

Could be detritus that settled on the polyp itself. Coral tries to digest it and that could make it soft to the touch. Not sure what else it could be.

 

[lilbitreefer]

Ok got some better pictures got a new phone. I feel it has something to do with the feeding response. It seemed to get worse after spot feeding. The blobs have no uniformity. But they stay there well past feeding and their are nearly impossible to blast off with water.

 

[Lovemyreef2015]

Most likely mesenterial filaments from a feeding response

 

[Reeves' Reef]

The polyps don't look happy to me. To give you an idea this is what mine looks like every day all day unless you or a fish bump into it. Could be suffering from something or just not in a good place for it to be happy.

 

[Reeves' Reef]

Moving picture version.

 

[lilbitreefer]

Yeah I have loved it around to different places and with no luck maybe higher flow or higher up to n the tank?