zoa help! small bugs- pest or pods?

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So my first coral addition a zoa colony of 8-10 polyp. They were all open about 4 days after adding them. Then a week later half are closed and 1 or 2 look real rough with no head showing at all. I looked closely and i see very very small white "bugs" on them. i looked up zoa eating nudibranches and they look brown or green. These look almost like centipeeds.
I did not dip! that will be the last time I do that!
Is there any products I can use without removing the colony? is this even a pest?
Is it possible the zoas arent getting enough light?

not sure what my next move is. the colony was only 30$ so i may just get rid of them, but my question is- will the pests remain??

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sorry for the poor i-phone photo (doesnt even capture the tiny "bugs" any how)

any help would be much appreciated!!!
 
Zoa eating nudies can be any color, it depends on what they have been eating :(. Without a picture of them its near impossible to say what you have going on. I would dip them really well in either ReVive or similar then a good old Iodine dip. Also frag off all of the unhealthy polyps, it will give the remaining ones a better chance of survival. Good luck with the battle :)
 

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