Hitchhiker ID please

Thespammailaccount · Mar 11, 2020

Have not seen these two before. The critters on the white plug move. The black dots on the black frag do not move

Auquanut · Mar 11, 2020

Kinda hard to tell. I'm guessing chitons in the 1st pic. Good guys. No idea about the second. If they moved, I'd say black bugs. Bad juju. Let's see what other say.

Thespammailaccount · Mar 11, 2020

A few more pictures. The black dots on the two frags showing the polys don’t move they are on the plug and on some of the poly tissue and have a web like structure growing out alone the plug

Thespammailaccount · Mar 11, 2020

Auquanut said:
Kinda hard to tell. I'm guessing chitons in the 1st pic. Good guys. No idea about the second. If they moved, I'd say black bugs. Bad juju. Let's see what other say.

If it’s black bugs and I do not have any sps in the system will they in essence starve and die or with they eat lps and zoas?

Auquanut · Mar 11, 2020

After seeing the plug again, they seem a little big for black bugs maybe? Also, I wouldn't think you'd see that many around a zoa. I've never heard of them eating anything but acro's, but I could be wrong.

Thespammailaccount · Mar 11, 2020

Auquanut said:
After seeing the plug again, they seem a little big for black bugs maybe? Also, I wouldn't think you'd see that many around a zoa. I've never heard of them eating anything but acro's, but I could be wrong.

Only zoas in the tank well at least when I bought the zoa frags today

Thespammailaccount · Mar 11, 2020

Thespammailaccount · Mar 11, 2020

Auquanut said:
After seeing the plug again, they seem a little big for black bugs maybe? Also, I wouldn't think you'd see that many around a zoa. I've never heard of them eating anything but acro's, but I could be wrong.

Thank you