Zoas small white bugs

gvafrm · Oct 17, 2021

Hi All,
I recently noticed that some of my zoas were not fully opening, having a closer look it seems that there are some very small white spots on it, which appear to be moving sometime.

would anybody know what this could be and how to treat it? It looks fairly similar to a « zoa pox » I have seen on the forum but not sure.

my parameters are quite stable salinity 35ppm, 5 nitrate, 0.1 phosphate, dkh 8
Interestingly I had a yellow wrasse in this system until recently and this happened just after this one has been moved - not sure if he was controlling their population or not..

Does anybody know what this could be?!
thanks

vetteguy53081 · Oct 17, 2021

Are they moving? If so, possibly white bugs or pods. If not moving, may be Zoa pox

ying yang · Oct 17, 2021

Zoomed in on your picture and screenshot then zoomed in on my screenshot.

What are these?

They here on original picture ?

gvafrm · Oct 18, 2021

vetteguy53081 said:
Are they moving? If so, possibly white bugs or pods. If not moving, may be Zoa pox

At least some are definitely moving, but not all at same time. They are extremely small, even with my x3 lens I barely see something..

gvafrm · Oct 18, 2021

ying yang said:
Zoomed in on your picture and screenshot then zoomed in on my screenshot.

What are these?

They here on original picture ?

Well spotted, I had noticed the one on the right side without knowing what it is, I couldn’t see anything else that what we see on this picture (which is already with a x3 lens and zoom).
Didn’t even notice the one on the left side. I can’t find it now but will try to have a closer look at them.