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Good evening! I just upgraded to a 125 gallon tank about a month ago and the last few days I’ve seen these little lightning fast black bug type things. Originally I stumbled across one on a pulsing Xenia rock and today have found them on my firework coral. I’m trying to find out if they are friendly or foe, sorry it’s not a defined picture but they are so so tiny. Thanks in advance!

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Aha you’re messing. Is this a spec of carbon lol
 

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Good evening! I just upgraded to a 125 gallon tank about a month ago and the last few days I’ve seen these little lightning fast black bug type things. Originally I stumbled across one on a pulsing Xenia rock and today have found them on my firework coral. I’m trying to find out if they are friendly or foe, sorry it’s not a defined picture but they are so so tiny. Thanks in advance!

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Welcome to Reef2Reef!

Unfortunately, it's really tough to guess from the pics what they might be. Is there any chance you could get microscope pics of these for a better chance at ID'ing them?
 

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