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Hi all!
I've recently had an explosion of these guys in my tank and I'm trying to determine if they have any correlation to a recent decline in several types of SPS (for perspective though my tank is relatively new so it may just not be time for SPS yet). I have a strong suspicion they're harmless Ostracods based on other threads but I still would appreciate an ID from someone with experience!
I've noticed these guys crawling all over recently dead SPS skeletons but I don't think I've ever noticed them on live tissue. They're also everywhere else...on the glass, on rocks, swimming around, etc. They move around pretty quickly.
Here's my best attempt at a video. The focus is a little off but you can see their movement pattern and their relative size. These guys are just on some live rock!
I've recently had an explosion of these guys in my tank and I'm trying to determine if they have any correlation to a recent decline in several types of SPS (for perspective though my tank is relatively new so it may just not be time for SPS yet). I have a strong suspicion they're harmless Ostracods based on other threads but I still would appreciate an ID from someone with experience!
I've noticed these guys crawling all over recently dead SPS skeletons but I don't think I've ever noticed them on live tissue. They're also everywhere else...on the glass, on rocks, swimming around, etc. They move around pretty quickly.
Here's my best attempt at a video. The focus is a little off but you can see their movement pattern and their relative size. These guys are just on some live rock!