Unknown nudibranch species...or???

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I have no idea what these are. I got a shipment in a few days. The next day, I saw this on the glass. About the size of a small grain of rice.
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Then this morning, I see what looks like a congregation of them around one of the new frags. One looks weird with longer tentacles and I can decipher a couple more nudibranch looking creatures in the pile. Any thoughts?
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Also started to see these things pop up. I've got no clue what this is either!
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I struggle a bit with species with cerata like this at this point, but those look like they may be Phestilla sp. nudibranchs to me - they're coral-eaters, so I'd get rid of them.
Urgh...great. Thanks for the heads up. Plan was to dip and destroy anyway. Any idea on the third and fourth pics by chance?
 
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I struggle a bit with species with cerata like this at this point, but those look like they may be Phestilla sp. nudibranchs to me - they're coral-eaters, so I'd get rid of them.
I dipped that frag right after I read your response. Got rid of everything on it, from what I could see. My worry now, is the ones I don't see. The craziness of owning a reef tank. Urgh...thanks again for all the help!
 

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