Any idea what these are? Pest ID?

[Reefin' Alaska]

Have a feeling these are destroying my Stylo/Monti..

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Fuzzy Chiton?

 

[Dburr1014]

They look like pods. They came for the meal of dying coral.

Pic of tank.
Got flow?
Got lights?
Parameters?

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

Those are amphipods; I have heard in some cases of them going after corals, but it's quite rare unless the coral is unhealthy in some way already:

Yeah, every now and then I see posts about amphipods eating corals - interestingly, I haven't been able to find any scholarly articles describing corallivory in amphipods, but it seems there's a good chance it's a legitimate thing.

Nocturnal invert eaters like some wrasses are a good choice - you could also try things like some species of cardinalfish if you wanted, but they probably wouldn't be as aggressive as some of the "pest control" wrasses about eating them.

 

[AlyciaMarie Verified Admin]

It looks like amphipods to me.

 

[Reefin' Alaska]

They look like pods. They came for the meal of dying coral.

Pic of tank.
Got flow?
Got lights?
Parameters?

I tested last night, parameters are all steady as they have been for months.


Nit - 12
Phos - .06
Cal 480
Alk 8.89
Mag 1299

Pretty standard for a while now. I'm losing a monti and stylo. I have a frag of the same Monti on the opposite side of my tank doing perfectly fine. No issues with Acros/Goni or Zoa's.

I confess I've never had much success with Stylo, always seems to grow like a weed then flesh from the bottom up starts to almost peel away. Never been able to figure it out. I just noticed those on it in the dark on Tuesday. Also found 1 on the base of the monti that is struggling.

 

[Reefin' Alaska]

It looks like amphipods to me.

I guess that's good news.


I had an Ich issue so all the fish are in QT. I lost both wrasse I had, so there has been no population control for 45 days now in the tank. Lol.

 

[Dburr1014]

I tested last night, parameters are all steady as they have been for months.


Nit - 12
Phos - .06
Cal 480
Alk 8.89
Mag 1299

Pretty standard for a while now. I'm losing a monti and stylo. I have a frag of the same Monti on the opposite side of my tank doing perfectly fine. No issues with Acros/Goni or Zoa's.

I confess I've never had much success with Stylo, always seems to grow like a weed then flesh from the bottom up starts to almost peel away. Never been able to figure it out. I just noticed those on it in the dark on Tuesday. Also found 1 on the base of the monti that is struggling.

Flow and lights(par/spectrum) are as important as parameters.

One side of the tank could have nice flow and the other lacking.

 

[Reefin' Alaska]

Flow and lights(par/spectrum) are as important as parameters.

One side of the tank could have nice flow and the other lacking.

Guess it's something to look into, 4 MP40's on a 5 ft tank, there doesn't seem to be any dead spots. Guess maybe they just don't like being there. Lol

 

[Dburr1014]

Guess it's something to look into, 4 MP40's on a 5 ft tank, there doesn't seem to be any dead spots. Guess maybe they just don't like being there. Lol

Can you post a whole tank pic, white lights please.

 

[Reefin' Alaska]

Can you post a whole tank pic, white lights please.

Tonight yes, I'm at the office now.