Eating my coral? Worms?

[c_spence024]

Couple of my blastos are gone now too. Help!

 

[Tuan’s Reef]

Looks that way. Do you dip your corals?

 

[c_spence024]

Looks that way. Do you dip your corals?

Usually, I forgot to on a birds nest I bought recently. Ideas?

 

[c_spence024]

Looks that way. Do you dip your corals?

Any recommendations on what they may be or how to get rid of them? I'm already fighting aiptasia

 

[Tuan’s Reef]

if its flatworms, you can use Flatworm exit.

 

[c_spence024]

if its flatworms, you can use Flatworm exit.

You sure that's what they are? They hang on to the glass too dangling kinda? Real small little *****

 

[Tuan’s Reef]

have any close up pics ?

 

[c_spence024]

have any close up pics ?

have any close up pics ?

 

[Tuan’s Reef]

@vetteguy53081

 

[c_spence024]

This is what they looked like a month ago....

 

[vetteguy53081]

Pics are fuzzy, I see anthellia Xenia but can’t clearly see other objects

 

[c_spence024]

Pics are fuzzy, I see anthellia Xenia but can’t clearly see other objects
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Pics are fuzzy, I see anthellia Xenia but can’t clearly see other objects

 

[c_spence024]

Pics are fuzzy, I see anthellia Xenia but can’t clearly see other objects
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[Tuan’s Reef]

You sure that's what they are? They hang on to the glass too dangling kinda? Real small little *****

If you have some on the glass. Get a real good look. You can almost tell if its a flatworm or nudibranch

 

[c_spence024]

If you have some on the glass. Get a real good look. You can almost tell if its a flatworm or nudibranch

They're super tiny, I'll try and get a close up

 

[vetteguy53081]

Ok, clearer. Looks like bubbles form. I assume Not moving ?
Take a turkey baster and give gentle blasts and see if they dislodge.

 

[c_spence024]

Ok, clearer. Looks like bubbles form. I assume Not moving ?
Take a turkey baster and give gentle blasts and see if they dislodge.

They don't move, I have used my hand and "gently blasted" and they come off the Xenia, but then come right back on the glass the corals the next few days.

 

[vetteguy53081]

They don't move, I have used my hand and "gently blasted" and they come off the Xenia, but then come right back on the glass the corals the next few days.

As suspected, may be early stage Dino
Reduce or turn off white lights and add 1.5ml B of liquid bacteria such as micro bacter 7 per 10 gallons during the day , do not add coral foods or NoPox to tank for a week and clean filters and empty skimmer cup daily

 

[c_spence024]

Ok, clearer. Looks like bubbles form. I assume Not moving ?
Take a turkey baster and give gentle blasts and see if they dislodge

As suspected, may be early stage Dino
Reduce or turn off white lights and add 1.5ml B of liquid bacteria such as micro bacter 7 per 10 gallons during the day , do not add coral foods or NoPox to tank for a week and clean filters and empty skimmer cup daily

Thanks for the advice, the tank has been established for 3 solid years and never had any major issues like this? What could cause it more than likely? I never in 1-1/2 of those years changed a filter near the water pump. Until recently.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Thanks for the advice, the tank has been established for 3 solid years and never had any major issues like this? What could cause it more than likely? I never in 1-1/2 of those years changed a filter near the water pump. Until recently.

The problem arises when conditions in the aquarium break the biological balance and some dinoflagellate species spread uncontrollably, smothering the rest of the aquarium inhabitants.
The problem often arises when we try to bring cleanliness it to the limit, in order to improve its appearance and color of corals. They tend to occur suddenly when the aquarium water reaches an extraordinary cleanliness, in which most microorganisms perishes for lack of food. With no other organisms that can stop them, this type of dinoflagellate can multiply so fast that when we realize it's late and we will find an aquarium full of brown and ochre slime suffocating fish and invertebrates. These dinoflagellates possess chloroplasts enable them to synthesize their own food even under a minimal amount of light. Some species can form cysts called pellicles which allow them to remain in the aquarium for months wvwn after we have completely sterilized or kept them in complete darkness. Once the light or the right conditions come back, they will reappear and thus these problems.
With the presence of light they secrete mucus which adhere to any surface, including algae, coral and fish. They spend hours synthesising food and extending vertically in search of the light source (if we turn off the pumps in the aquarium we can see brown filaments grow towards the surface). When the light source disappears and can no longer synthesize food, it begins to diminish to none.