Red bug, flat worm or other?

jk_s124 · Apr 28, 2018

My purple acres started to bleach from the base. I thought it was from a possible spike in Alk, however I spotted these on the back last night. Help with ID?

Lovemyreef2015 · Apr 28, 2018

Can you get a picture with white lights? I see some type of bug but the light is to blue to tell.

Maggie321 · Apr 28, 2018

Have you added anything lately that was not dipped? I thought redbugs were much smaller. Those look like some sort of shrimp to me but the pic is too far away. Can you pull one out and get a pic in a bowl with a white bottom in normal light?

jk_s124 · Apr 28, 2018

I'll try tomorrow to get a better picture. Thanks though, I appreciate you taking a look.

Maggie321 · Apr 28, 2018

So have you added lately? No dip? What kind of coral if so?

ReefSlice · Apr 28, 2018

Could just be pods eating the dying flesh of the coral. Shadowing from my LEDs is doing the same thing on some of my sps.

jk_s124 · Apr 28, 2018

Maggie321 said:
Have you added anything lately that was not dipped? I thought redbugs were much smaller. Those look like some sort of shrimp to me but the pic is too far away. Can you pull one out and get a pic in a bowl with a white bottom in normal light?

I'll try that tomorrow. Added a peppermint shrimp 2 weeks ago, and two fish about 1 1/2 months ago. No new corals since December.