EZreefin
NJRC Member
Hey guys and Gals!
I always check on my coral, especially at night when all those wonderful nocturnal creatures come out of the rocks! I noticed something crawling on my one acropora.
I have these glasses that magnify to 3.5 times the size of an object. I put them on and then noticed that there were a bunch of them on it. Of course soon as you see that you start to panic and think the worst of things. I knew they were not red bugs.. they were blackish gray. So I started thinking ... maybe black bugs. I looked them up but they don't look like that. I actually have a microscope and thought this was a perfect opportunity to get a better look at them.
I used a pipette and managed to suck 2 of them off of the Acropora. After observing then they seem to swim in a zig zag formation. And there appearance makes me think they are small copepods. Can anyone confirm this? I have put in Tigger and Tisbe pods in the tank
The coral doesn't seem to be in any stress. It has been growing fine the last 3 plus months and I don't see any dead tissue.
I would greatly appreciate any feed back to put mind to rest. Thanks in advance! You guys are the best!
I always check on my coral, especially at night when all those wonderful nocturnal creatures come out of the rocks! I noticed something crawling on my one acropora.
I have these glasses that magnify to 3.5 times the size of an object. I put them on and then noticed that there were a bunch of them on it. Of course soon as you see that you start to panic and think the worst of things. I knew they were not red bugs.. they were blackish gray. So I started thinking ... maybe black bugs. I looked them up but they don't look like that. I actually have a microscope and thought this was a perfect opportunity to get a better look at them.
I used a pipette and managed to suck 2 of them off of the Acropora. After observing then they seem to swim in a zig zag formation. And there appearance makes me think they are small copepods. Can anyone confirm this? I have put in Tigger and Tisbe pods in the tank
The coral doesn't seem to be in any stress. It has been growing fine the last 3 plus months and I don't see any dead tissue.
I would greatly appreciate any feed back to put mind to rest. Thanks in advance! You guys are the best!
