Montipora red cap has bugs

[Benuk]

hey reefers,

I noticed my Monti red cap wasn’t looking as colourful as usual and upon closer inspection I found these little bugs all over it, I did a bit of research but still unable to id them for treatment, red, black etc. Could do with a little help pls

 

[Gareth elliott]

They do not look like nudis i have seen. Look more like pods that might have decided dying coral flesh is a meal to have.

 

[Gareth elliott]

Maybe some more experienced coral keepers have seen. @Fudsey for the corals and @KJ for invert expertise

 

[Fudsey]

Those kind of look like red bugs.... But I would wait for @KJ to chime in

 

[Benuk]

Cheers guys, I have a short vid of them moving around but I can’t upload it, says file too large.

 

[Gareth elliott]

I like youtube, and post the link stops having to try make r2r video share work(btw i never have [emoji23])

 

[Benuk]

So after some more research I removed the Monti cap and dipped in Aquaforest AF protect for 6 minutes while blasting it with flow to knock the bugs off. I think it went well on first impressions, most if not all the bugs have been removed although I’m not sure about the larval / eggs but I’ll wait 24 hrs and repeat the dip. Pics of the bugs knocked off in the dipping container.

 

[Biff0rz]

So after some more research I removed the Monti cap and dipped in Aquaforest AF protect for 6 minutes while blasting it with flow to knock the bugs off. I think it went well on first impressions, most if not all the bugs have been removed although I’m not sure about the larval / eggs but I’ll wait 24 hrs and repeat the dip. Pics of the bugs knocked off in the dipping container.

did you ever figure out what these were? I think I have the same thing

 

[SneaksMcdoogle]

hey reefers,

I noticed my Monti red cap wasn’t looking as colourful as usual and upon closer inspection I found these little bugs all over it, I did a bit of research but still unable to id them for treatment, red, black etc. Could do with a little help pls

Did you ever find out what they are? Did you eradicate or how are you managing them?