Id this guy

[kazam]

Can someone tell me what this is. I took it out and put it in qt. Here is a pic and a video. It looks like some kind of pod but long and it is bothering my monitpora.

video here: http://gallery.me.com/dereksreefshop/100072

 

[kaserpick]

It's hard to see, but it looks kind of like a small shrimp. I'm not sure if I'm seeing it correctly.

 

[kazam]

thanks. It is hard to take a picture of it, but it does look like a shrimp or some kind, but it is bothering my coral.

 

[Softhammer]

Cant see any shrimp and havent ever heard of one destroying a coral like that. You do have a pretty severe aiptasia problem on that coral. It will completely kill it if you don't intervene.

 

[graveyardworm]

Its hard to see but it almost looks like you have pycnogonids aka sea spiders. Check this discussion. http://forum.marinedepot.com/Topic107093-9-1.aspx

At the very least the aiptasia and what appears to be hydroids need to go. I didnt see any shrimp. Amphipods will move in on a dying sps and munch on either the dying tissue or the algae which tends to grow in the dead areas and can appear as though they are the culprit.