whitecorals

New Member
View Badges
Joined
Jul 7, 2022
Messages
2
Reaction score
3
Location
Sioux falls
What state or country do you live in
South Dakota
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
So recently I have noticed the fleshy part on my euphelia receding and I had chalked it up to it recently splitting. But then tonight I turned on the lights after they normally go off and noticed all these small white dots that move all over it I can't see much other than a moving white oval if anyone knows what these are or wether or not I should be concerned it would help me a lot. Everything else in my tank it healthy and I haven't noticed it on my other hammer or any other lps.

here is the video
https://photos.app.goo.gl/1HhJzKzoWtYmcgV87
 
Last edited:
Wow! That is a lot of ostracods! These “pods” are algae grazers and detritivores, and appear more frequently in the freshwater hobby where they are called seed shrimp. They might be consuming dying material on the coral.
@ying yang
1657412135455.jpeg
 
Fast little buggers in your video


I had some similar but black in this video but got video of black ones fighting white ones or looked like it anyway lol
First seen these black ones come in on a lobo

Not great video but couple of times can see black bug fighting lighter bug,at first just seen the blacker ones around lobo and on Rocks and didn't seem harm anything but then annihilated my sps here unless different kind idk.
But got least 2 kind of definate ostracods which mainly just see in sandbed so as in sandbed that's cool as what I learnt is usually ( not always ) where we find bugs is usually what they eat
 
Last edited:
Just curious what's all that whitish fluffy stuff in video that see just before zoom in on euphilia? Some kind of algae?
 

TOP 10 Trending Threads

WHAT FIRST SPARKED YOUR INTEREST IN REEFING?

  • I saw a reef tank that hooked me

    Votes: 13 28.3%
  • I was already keeping freshwater aquariums

    Votes: 17 37.0%
  • A particular fish got me interested

    Votes: 7 15.2%
  • Corals and inverts were the draw

    Votes: 8 17.4%
  • A friend or family member introduced me

    Votes: 6 13.0%
  • The science and ecosystem challenge appealed to me

    Votes: 8 17.4%
  • I stumbled into it… and here we are

    Votes: 3 6.5%
  • Other (Post in the comments)

    Votes: 7 15.2%
Back
Top
Home
Post thread…
Market
What's new