hey check out what has been eating my button polyps (Micro shots)

[ddrag2]

I have been noticing my green palys acting strange, also there were many small white dots on them. A few days later (tonight) the small white dots turned into large yellow egg sacs. The Palys are also starting to bleach out because of them. I dissected one of the yellow ball shaped little bastards and found some really nasty little clear worms...maybe nematodes. I have attached two microscope pics: the first at 40X and the second at 100X. the other pic clearly shows the damage. If anyone knows anything about these please let me know.

 

[HerbanShaman]

oh noo

oh noo

Ugh, they do look like nematodes. They give me the shivers. I think I've seen them somewhere before; oh yeah, my tank on my buttons.....:furious:

 

[650-IS350]

DIP DIP DIP

have you posted the pics on the invert forums.. maybe leslieH and them can properly ID

 

[ddrag2]

cant take the rock out it is supporting a lot of rock
is there an alternative to dipping? Those palys are the least valuable of my collection and nothing else seems to be affected.

 

[650-IS350]

how about fragging off the infected pieces?

 

[RFD4]

My Zoa are not opening should I try dipping them?

 

[ddrag2]

try to find out whats making them close first before adding more stress. It could be as simple as just moving a brain or something that has sweepers. I watched a whole colony close from 1 sweeper touching a few polyps. bristle worms always make them close too along with cyanobacteria.