Small orange dots in cheato

[Jesse Depass]

I just found a bunch of these small orange dots in my cheato and don’t know what they are. They do not appear to be flatworms and they aren’t really moving. Does anyone know what they are?

 

[Doctorgori]

You got “Genuine” ocean rock or manufactured LR ?
Just asking because with ocean rock you may see an endless precession of weird things you’ll never ID. I mean it can go on for years seeing something new...
If you got the mixed/dry/manufactured rock, then whatever hitchhiker it be is probably more benign than evil ... if it ain’t on a coral I don’t bother ...

 

[Jesse Depass]

I used dry reef saver rock. Thanks for the input, I think I’m just going to leave it alone unless someone else says differently.

 

[Ron Reefman]

Pull out a tiny bit , put it on a paper towel and try a photo with a macro lens or a magnifying glass.

 

[KJ]

I just found a bunch of these small orange dots in my cheato and don’t know what they are. They do not appear to be flatworms and they aren’t really moving. Does anyone know what they are?

Google Acoel flatworms.

 

[Mastiffsrule]

Hi,

You already received great advice. I would keep separate until you know what it is. My vote is bristle worms. Just because I always found them in my cheato. Ron had a great idea to dry it out a get a good look to find out what it is.

 

[DaneGer21]

9/10 - flatworms

 

[Jesse Depass]

After looking closer I’m pretty sure they are flatworms. I think I’m going to manually siphon out as many as I can and get a coris wrasse in the next week or so and see if that does the trick. Thanks everyone for the advice