le0p Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 I was sitting down to relax and take some pictures of my tank today when I noticed two hermits furiously going at one of the branches.. I pulled them off and put them in the sump.. only to see they've eaten through half the skeleton. I then noticed tons of other little pests.. I don't have any pictures yet, but I did save some and will get pictures later. Some were black, some orange square like things, and some long rigid tube like thingies white in color with maybe an orange tip. I pulled my hammer and frogspawn out, dipped in Iodine for 10 minutes, then rinsed in tank water, then a short FW dip. Bugs came off everytime. After putting them back in, I realized they're everywhere.. all over the tank and other LPS.. I stopped what I was doing since i figured it wouldn't matter cleaning them off to just put them back into battle with the bugs. Is there anything I can do to stop this? I feel like the way this is going, I'm going to lose all LPS in the tank, which is around 6 coral. I'm going into research mode now but wanted to get this out there in case anyone has any ideas. thanks! Link to comment
Lawnman Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Best thing you can do for them right now is upload pics here. Link to comment
Tamberav Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 I see a feather duster and Spirorbid polychaetes. Both harmless. Pic isn't very clear to see the other stuff :/ Link to comment
le0p Posted June 14, 2014 Author Share Posted June 14, 2014 Yeah, sorry, I with that much damage I went into dipping mode.I'll check again later and if there's anything else visibile I will get pictures. There were some black bugs burrowed into the skeleton as well, they only came out after the FW dip Link to comment
Nano sapiens Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Pics aren't so clear, but it looks like 'Brown Jelly' infection and the scavengers are just cleaning up the mess. Link to comment
Tamberav Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 If you end up dipping something again. Take a pic of the bowl. Link to comment
le0p Posted June 14, 2014 Author Share Posted June 14, 2014 Pics aren't so clear, but it looks like 'Brown Jelly' infection and the scavengers are just cleaning up the mess. Now that you say that, there was a failed attempted at a new branch awhile ago when I first bought it, perhaps it could have happened there. Link to comment
le0p Posted June 16, 2014 Author Share Posted June 16, 2014 Been monitoring the past day, things seems to be reovering and i've moved the carnivorous hermits to the sump.. The tank gets fed well, so i would not expect them to be trying to find extra food. i'll be keeping track the next few days and see how things go. Link to comment
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