Friendly worms? Or Nasty Worms?

[sellout007]

I am thinking I am having problems with some of my acro's. Whats the verdict?

 

[sellout007]

And these things were SMALL. Im talking like 1mm or maybe smaller.

 

[mcliffy2]

Looks like it could be AEFW - Id compare to the pics here:
http://www.melevsreef.com/aefw.html

 

[sellout007]

Did that, wasn't sure. Wanted a second opinion from someone who knows what they are doing. haha O)

 

[Rod Buehler]

What kind of damage are you seeing to the acro?

Can you get a pick of the critter on the acro?

Its not an AEFW. I would lean to red bug before AEFWs although I am not guessing that to be the case either

 

[sellout007]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11187395#post11187395 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Rod Buehler
What kind of damage are you seeing to the acro?

Can you get a pick of the critter on the acro?

Its not an AEFW. I would lean to red bug before AEFWs although I am not guessing that to be the case either

To be honest, I cant see anything on the corals. Maybe I am not looking hard enough. But the last piece I lost, looked great then was gone in 1-2 days.

 

[sps_holic]

its possible that these are some kind of pods? Do they move fast?

 

[sellout007]

Not really sure, I took out a dead coral skeleton and dipped it in Iodine, this is what fell off.

 

[Sullyman]

Flatworms body are flat/smooth, the pic looks more like a crustation than worm.

 

[madadi]

i agree, looks more like a pod then a flatworm. definitely a crustation and i wouldn't blame them for the dead corals. i bet pretty much any small pods will die if put in iodine solution.
that is NOT red bugs!

 

[steri]

I don't think it's any type of flatworm. My first thought was that it was some type of pod (suchh as a type of amphipod), but I am more guessing then anything else based on the shell I see in the pics and the pods and pod shells i see in my tank.

I also don't think it's red bugs. To me it just doesn't look like anything that I would consider harmful, but I could be wrong.

 

[Rod Buehler]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11194422#post11194422 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by steri
I don't think it's any type of flatworm. My first thought was that it was some type of pod (suchh as a type of amphipod), but I am more guessing then anything else based on the shell I see in the pics and the pods and pod shells i see in my tank.

I also don't think it's red bugs. To me it just doesn't look like anything that I would consider harmful, but I could be wrong.

I agree

I would lean to red bug before AEFWs although I am not guessing that to be the case either

 

[ostrow]

I remember reading something on nasty isopods somewhere. Could be that?

 

[ShannHell]

I actually just read something about nasty isopods and copepods too, where was that.... I can't remember much about the details though