What is this?

[Kial]

Just dipped my new pipe coral and noticed a worm thing fall off it.
It didn't end up in my tank but was it good or bad?

 

[SAPPER]

Looks like a polyclad flatworm, bad so have a look to see if you have more

 

[Kial]

Looks like a polyclad flatworm, bad so have a look to see if you have more

I got 2 of them off when dipping. It's in the tank now so hopefully that was all of them. It was in seachem Reef dip for about 10 mins

 

[SAPPER]

Check it for eggs as the dip wont kill them

 

[Kial]

Check it for eggs as the dip wont kill them

Is there anything that can kill the eggs

 

[Maritimer]

Probably - but it would also kill your coral.

A second dip after the eggs hatch, but before the hatchlings lay new eggs, is what most recommend. Might take several dips to do the job, and generally handled while the new coral is in QT.

~Bruce

 

[Kial]

I'll give it another dip in the morning and have another scan around for anything that looks like eggs

 

[Kial]

So I dipped again today,nothing came off and couldn't see any eggs or pests. Back into display it went.
Then tonight after lights out shone a torch on the coral and found a weird spider looking thing and what seems to be another white worm!
Should I be making a stronger dip to get these off?
I don't have a coral qt

 

[Kial]

Cant really make out the spider thing but it's in the white circle

 

[Kial]

*right circle [emoji23]

 

[Maritimer]

Your "weird spider-lookin' thing" may be a micro brittle star - gentle filter feeders and detritivores that are good to have around. The "white worm" ... may or may not be a worm. I've also seen some sponges look similar. It might also be the tube of a feather-duster, equally harmless.

~Bruce

 

[Kial]

Your "weird spider-lookin' thing" may be a micro brittle star - gentle filter feeders and detritivores that are good to have around. The "white worm" ... may or may not be a worm. I've also seen some sponges look similar. It might also be the tube of a feather-duster, equally harmless.

~Bruce

Ah ok. I'm sure it has legs like a spider/crab sort of thing, If it is a brittle star I'm not sure if I should dip again or just leave it?
Half of the coral comes out but other half stays in

 

[Maritimer]

Brittle stars are good guys.

@KJ or @Lovemyreef2015 may be able to offer additional insight into the critters in your coral.

~Bruce

 

[Lovemyreef2015]

I see what looks to be brittle stars and a amphipod.

 

[KJ]

^^^ Agree

 

[Kial]

Brittle star on the right or left?

 

[Lovemyreef2015]

Brittle star on the right or left?

Right

 

[Kial]

It moves exactly like a spider lol so I’m not sure. The pipe coral hasn’t come out again since I last dipped it so I don’t know what to do now

 

[aquatony]

I usually dip. And try to get any visible bumps. Or colors off the peg and coral it’s self. scraping with a fresh razor blade

 

[Kial]

I usually dip. And try to get any visible bumps. Or colors off the peg and coral it’s self. scraping with a fresh razor blade

Yeah dipping only got some worms off on original dip but doing nothing now to help