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Pests on my my new Hammer and Octospawn(frogspawn) Suggestions?

erics210

NJRC Member
So picked up a smaller tank and had a ton of xenia and kenya tree, plus two head torch, hammer and an octospawn.
The euphillia corals had critters.
The Hammer had these white bugs. Not sure of name or type yet.
Dipped in revive/iodine mix Not much damage to skeleton of the coral.
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Next up is the two branch or wall pinkish octospawn/frogspawn.
There was one giant(5+mm) dark flat worm( or possibly a nudibranch?)
I also dipped in revive and iodine mix.

It was opened up fully yesterday when i acquired it. So didnt suspect anything.

Aside from possibly redipping and watching for any pests what care should I give it?
Has anyone had one in this bad shape bounce back?

Is it possible it could sprout new heads that would be unaffected?

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Post dipping....
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So today opened up pretty nicely. so hopeful.
(Xenia just starting to bounce back, took a beating during the move)

Read somewhere that I should chip off any of the dead sharp skeleton near the top and even coat the raw skeleton with superglue to protect it.
Has anyone tried anything like this? Any other suggestions?
 

Trio91

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you'll know if it was nudi or not as they'll have those devilish thorns protruding from them (depending on the species) if it was flat, like paper flat then I would lean towards Red Planaria worms
 

erics210

NJRC Member
I think it was BOTH! Definitely not sponges as it was moving. I saw the white nudibranch looking things and dipped again.
My question is should I cut off unneeded or dead skeleton???
 

Trio91

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You could do it cleanly if you had a band saw, but with snippers you may do more damage than good

If you think the eggs are in that dead coral section then go for it. If not I'd leave it.

If it were me, and I wasnt able to QT the thing, I'd toss the coral. From experience, I'm suffering from a nudi outbreak in my tank right now due to poor husbandry
 
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