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TomL
12-16-2007, 08:55 PM
I have been keeping an eye on my frags and some look nice and open, and some look like there closed and there getting skinny. I just turned the lights on so some of them are not open, but the ones i put a red circle around are what i am worried about. They are gettin very slim and never open. I also see TONS and TONS of small little centipedes crawling all over the rocks and corals. They are like a white/clear centipede and so small they are hard to see. I would say there about 1/4 of the size of a fenel seed. I am not sure if there harmful but they are so small i cant even take a picture of them. They are not red either, not even tinted, jsut clear/white.
TomL
12-16-2007, 08:56 PM
The pictures are not old, the camera date is off
TomL
12-16-2007, 09:01 PM
some other shots i tried to get
iVgOnMaD
12-17-2007, 02:01 AM
i have no idea, try reefcentral.com
TomL
12-17-2007, 12:32 PM
me either
graphixx
12-17-2007, 02:56 PM
I am not sure what is the cause of that but I had some zoo's do that and sorry to say that they totally all melted away. I tried moving them to diff parts of the water tried a lugols dip, freshwater dip. but all was to no avail. if youfigure it out let us know.
Whoyah
12-17-2007, 09:52 PM
I would watch for zoa predators like sundial snails and zoa spiders. http://www.melevsreef.com/id/

Here is link to Marc's wonderful site that shows both. Zoa spiders are in the Pod section.
melev
12-17-2007, 11:10 PM
I added some new pictures of those spiders last week. ;)

I can't see the pests you've described in those pictures. The best you might do is find a picture on my site or the web that looks like what you are seeing to determine the problem.
TomL
12-18-2007, 07:53 AM
Marc,
I checked your site, nothign that looks like them that i could find yet. I will search the net and post a pic if i can find one. I still do not have a protien skimmer or RO/DI system. Suppose to be coming on x-mas (i hope).
TomL
12-18-2007, 08:03 AM
I say it looks like this, VERY VERY tiny, almost hard to see unless you really stare at the rock then you can see hundreds crawling all around. It is more white i think but very similar if not exact.
greg97527
12-18-2007, 08:32 AM
aaaah that looks like a fireworm. if thats what you have then you need to get rid of them, they eat hard and soft corals.

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/may2003/short.htm
TomL
12-18-2007, 10:14 AM
I just read that whole article. It seems to line up exactly what is going on. My carpet anemone died first, it kept moving around like it was in trouble. Next my small frags are shrivling up as seen in the pics, and the photo i posted looks like what i have. How can i get rid of these creatures, ASAP??