Infested/irritated zoas

[Dan P]

Not sure what the sandy looking stuff is or wether it’s causing the irritation, if the pod looking bugs are the problem, or both. Thanks for looking

 

[sfin52]

top and bottom look like nudi. Top middle bottom middle right .

 

[Dan P]

Maybe, I haven’t seen the nudis themselves though. The little things you can see 5 or 6 of in the upper shot and a couple in the lower scurry around on legs though. They seem to have a long proboscis that sweeps around and in the upper pic it looks to me like they’re using it to suck on the zoas like aphids on plants. I think the little brown specs might be something that forms from the bite wounds. Could be something growing too though I don’t know.

 

[acropoora]

Looks like eggs all over them. Not sure if they are from the pods. Does not look like nudis eggs because those have the swirly pattern to them.

 

[Coralreefer1]

I don’t know what the sand consistency stuff is but the moving animals are some sort of copepods.

 

[sfin52]

vermetid snails bottom pic dead center of pic

 

[Dan P]

I think I’ll start with a dip and see if I can’t clean them off some with a baster.