White Bugs on Favia

[denverjon]

I've got a favia that isn't doing well and upon closer inspection, I noticed very small white bugs on it. They're just a tad bigger than red bugs but white. I dipped it in Revive but that didn't help. Any idea what they are and how to get rid of them?

 

[Tahoe61]

Amphipods, copepods? Are they eating decaying tissue? Is this a water chemistry issue? Can you post an image of the coral please?

 

[denverjon]

I don't believe they're amphipods or copepods. I found them on the dying tissue, so I don't know for sure whether they caused the favia to die or are just feeding on it now. Also, they're so small that a photo is impossible, especially with my lousy camera. They look like small white specks but I can see them moving around. Bigger than a red bug but a lot smaller than a copepod.

 

[Stang67]

Hi Denverjon. I am having this same issue did you ever figure out what it was or how to fix it?

 

[DSC reef]

Hi Denverjon. I am having this same issue did you ever figure out what it was or how to fix it?

I would post a pic. Sometimes mesenterial filaments look like white bugs. Could be ostracods too.

 

[Reefman71]

I would post a pic. Sometimes mesenterial filaments look like white bugs. Could be ostracods too.

Did you ever figure it out? Same issue

 

[Reefman71]

Like a small white bug.

 

[Tahoe61]

That looks like either a nudibranch or Mesenterial Filaments.

 

[Reefman71]

That looks like other a nudibranch or Mesenterial Filaments.

It’s coming off

That looks like either a nudibranch or Mesenterial Filaments.