ID Please... Red Bugs?

[N4sty T4te]

Have a new frag I just got in that has some type of ultra small clearish-white bugs on it, I was able to get a macro shot of one of them out of water. Red bug or...?

You can tell how small it is by the fibers on that paper!

 

[Tahoe61]

I can not say for certain, but RB have a distinct red head. Probably some type of copepod or similar.

 

[N4sty T4te]

Coral is definitely irritated. No PE. Also appears to have some discolored splotchy areas. Whatever they are they didn't appear to be passerby's. It's multiples of them and this is the only piece I have seen them on. I have several others in QT.

Here's a pic of the whole coral.

 

[Nano sapiens]

Appears to be an isopod of some type. Most that we see in our reef aquaria are harmless detritivores, but a few species are commensal or parasitic.

 

[Salty1962]

@Lionfish Lair?

 

[Lionfish Lair]

Agreed that they aren't "red bugs", but some other sort of honking big copepod.