jolt Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 Noticed these white things on a montipora frag I just bought. I poked a couple of them with a probe and they seemed to dissolve really easily. Not crustacean-like at all in my mind. I compared to pictures of montipora nudibranches and their eggs and it does not look to me like that is what I have here. Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 It looks like something has been eating that monti. Montis don't like being dipped but you may want to consider it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolt Posted June 26, 2014 Author Share Posted June 26, 2014 I dipped it for 10 minutes in Coral Rx before I put it in the tank. It seems to be opening up just fine post-dip. It's mad in the picture because I had it out of the water to look at it closer. It seems to me that in the picture those white things might have a couple of flagella each, so they appear to be still alive. Or is that part of the monitpora? This is my first monti ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolt Posted June 26, 2014 Author Share Posted June 26, 2014 Could these be Spionid worms? You can see the two hairs if you click on the thumbnail. Supposedly beneficial? http://www.masa.asn.au/masawiki/index.php/Spionidae Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sethsolomon Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 Re-dip it in a combination of iodide and coralRx and any other coral dip you can get your hands on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jestep Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 Looks like colonial hydroids to me more than spionid worms, either way the former will actually sting coral the later a major irritant. Hydriods are very difficult to get rid of as there's no dip or natural predator that I've ever found that will mess with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sethsolomon Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 Looks like colonial hydroids to me more than spionid worms, either way the former will actually sting coral the later a major irritant. Hydriods are very difficult to get rid of as there's no dip or natural predator that I've ever found that will mess with them. Bayer Insecticide ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolt Posted June 28, 2014 Author Share Posted June 28, 2014 Thanks for the advice all. I got them under high magnification and they are definitely Spionid worms. Two palps coming out of a little head, with a burrow into the coral skeleton. If bothered, the palps fall of easily. Not multiple arms like hydroids. I read up on Lugol's and Bayer and it was not clear to me that they would target these worms, so I super glued over them all as I read elsewhere this is a good way to kill them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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