Help diagnose, VIDEO w/ micr​oscope - redbugs or AEFW ?

zachtos

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coral infestation

I can't tell what these are, but my corals have been suffering the last year. 7 year old SPS reef, very mature, lost 60% of the corals over the year, big colonies too. All parameters very stable and normal, not a newbie here. I've had redbugs 5 years ago (treated w/ interceptor), and these I can not see w/ my naked eye, not yellow w/ red, but under the scope they seem to crawl under the polyps on some of the corals, saw on two different colonies. My montiporas caps have been doing badly too though. Also I've treated for flatworms about 3 years ago w/ levasole, those were huge though, and not on corals.
 
Wow... I'd say red bugs as well. Don't look like flatworms at all..
You can't see them with naked eye, though so they must be smaller than regular red bugs..
Hm..
What type of microscope do you use? I'd like to invest in one myself.
 
I sen something similar on mine before on the dead part I'm curious what u figure out ..... I had same thing.bug colony's just dieing out of nowhere
 
I'll do some research on black bugs then. It's a USB microscope from Adafruit, 220X zoom. I briefly read about bayer treatment, but it does not sound like a tank treatment.

I'll check, but will interceptor work on black/red bugs? I've used it in the past, just not too excited about it since I'll lose my copepods and starve the mandarin dragonette etc.
 
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