Jamie, I tend to agree in part, but I don't think they're oppurtunistic. Some of the worst affected corals were the fastest growing. I did take a large branch of the colony this dipped pic came from and put it ina 5g on my window sill. Tons of algae growing and the temp hits 93F during the late afternoon...it is recovering very well and is still covered in bugs!! Zoox seem to be repopulating and the coral is getting a lot of pigment back. Really weird.
Some of my pieces are covered and continue to grow and retain all color, so I can't really say for sure why some do poorly and others don't. As far as I can tell, all the acropora in my tank are infested. Only three, maybe four, appear to suffer. I'm certainly getting annoyed by them, and hopefully formulate a plan to get rid of them.
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