coral pest help

[Marquis]

i recently noticed a few random yellow polyps closed then one by one vanished before the last one was gone i picked up the shell they where growing on and noticed tons of flea sized bugs everywhere and a bunch of beetle looking things i kinda thought where flat worms but i didn't know flat worms moved fast

 

[Sniperhank]

This is why Coral RX exists and I would be dipping my corals ASAP.

 

[mr_X]

Those aren't hurting your coral, they are just cleaning up anything that's there. there are no "beetle-like" bugs that eat zoas or soft polyps. Those pods are most likely cleaning up the remaining flesh from the lost polyps.
The only thing i'd look for is perhaps nudibranchs.

 

[Marquis]

Those aren't hurting your coral, they are just cleaning up anything that's there. there are no "beetle-like" bugs that eat zoas or soft polyps. Those pods are most likely cleaning up the remaining flesh from the lost polyps.
The only thing i'd look for is perhaps nudibranchs.

i thought they were pods but wasn't sure so flat worms don't move fast right? iv just never seen them before there small white body with black in the middle

 

[mr_X]

What type of flat worms are you speaking of? There are many. I don't recall any common ones that eat zoas. Flat worms do move slowly though.

 

[Marquis]

What type of flat worms are you speaking of? There are many. I don't recall any common ones that eat zoas. Flat worms do move slowly though.

i just meant their speed in general