Help ID to save coral

[lookout888]

Well...
My orange monti has some white spots on him. It is not sand, I blast him every week to get off stuff that has landed on him. I took some pictures today, I am not sure if this is the culprit or not. I thought about the Nudibranchs that eat the coral but I don’t know... Any id and Eradication help would be grateful.

Thanks
Mike

P.S. I am also posting this in the SPS Keepers. I just want advice from club members also.

 

[lookout888]

Well to update I had to break the monti to get it out since it was encrusted on 2-3 other rocks Very unhappy about that). But good news is i did not see anything on the bottom of it. I did not see any flatworms or nutibrances (sp?). So I am still trying to figure out what is doing it. I don’t know/think the item in the pictures is the problem.

Will update when I find out more

Mike

 

[lookout888]

**New update**
Well could not get me away from the tank yesterday night. Found 2 things......

1. Well the first surprised the hell out of me but when I put 2 and 2 together it made sense. I was looking trough my tank and saw something behind my rock. So I looked closer and saw 1/2 of what looks like a 12+ inch fire worm, 1 inch thick. This makes sense b/c 2x 3.5 inch athius disappeared from my tank along with some other random fish.

2. I was looking at my acro that I have had for about 8 months (the tri color one) and the bottom was still only skeleton. Which I thought was from putting my hinopora (sp?) to close. Well this may not have been the problem. I saw little (tiny) white bugs on the base of the acro. Could they also be killing the monti? Are these "red bugs"?

I really don’t want to but I have a feeling I am going to have to qt all my corals. Leave none in my tank for a few months. So the redbugs have nothing to eat and die. Then return my corals after dipping them.

Any ideas on the fire worm. I tried a water bottle with some food in it but feel asleep and in the morning food = gone.

 

[CaptiveReefer03]

if you suspect red bugs you can use introceptor medication (desined for dogs) to treat the red bug outbreak, on the worm good luck im not sure how to pull him out.. also,i had a monti cap that started like that and i had to frag it all apart to save what i could cause before long the tissue just started sluffing off for no reason, and now its recovering and doing well but i did have an outbreak of red bugs and it seemed to cure the coral growth and death probelms post treatment, just be sure to do your water changes.

hope it helps some
charles-

 

[darkstar339]

if you catch the fire worm, i would like it. when you catch it, put it in some rubbing alcohol.

 

[lookout888]

When, ""if" I get it i am going to throw him in my sump. I am sure he will have enough to eat down there.

Thanks though

Mike