Pest id: not pycnogonid, micro brittle, or zoa spider

gdemos

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Researched everywhere could not get a positive ID. Saw some old threads with similar descriptions but the pictures were stripped from th thread

I honestly don't think this is any type I'd brittle star because it walks / crawls like a spider doesn't wiggle like a brittle.

I firmly believe it is eating tissue on acros. Only visible at dark and there are a few not a ton. ImageUploadedByTapatalk1411007582.188162.jpg
Wish I could get a better picture but anytime I can remove it from the acro they more or less deform.

Anyone know?
 
Looks similar to some of the acro spider pictures I have seen a while ago when I was reading up on pests. Maybe someone with experience with them can chime in. Good luck if that's what it is.
 
From what I have read there are countless species of 'sea spiders'. Searching on what I might call an acro spider. (because they look like a spider and theyre on my acros) takes me to articles showing some pics of various pycnogonid.

Anyone have better idea?
Suggestions on eradication?
Six line wrasse?

Thanks. -Greg
 
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