Black Mites on Zoas, smaller than Tisbe's

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I have Black Mites on my Zoa's, Zoas are closed and have been for over 3 weeks, spotted these guys on my Zoas this evening. They do not resemble Zoa spiders, way smaller and black. Any idea what they could be, they are too small to get a picture, longer than they are round and smaller than a Tisbe pod by more than half, they do hide when I shine a light on them.
 

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I have Black Mites on my Zoa's, Zoas are closed and have been for over 3 weeks, spotted these guys on my Zoas this evening. They do not resemble Zoa spiders, way smaller and black. Any idea what they could be, they are too small to get a picture, longer than they are round and smaller than a Tisbe pod by more than half, they do hide when I shine a light on them.
Some type of nudibranch perhaps? Hopefully not zoa eating nudibranch.
 

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They move as fast as pods can, can Nudi's move like that?
No, generally they crawl along like slugs. Not nudi then. #reefsquad any suggestions?
 

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dipping the frag in Bayer (imidacloprid) would kill them
 

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they move extremely fast also and barely visibly to the naked eye. I only found them zooming in on my camera.
 

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