Need help

[Slyguy00]

So i found these on one of my zoa colonies. Anybody know what they are or if they are bad or good? Im assuming they arnt good. Sorry for crappy pics. Took them with my phone through microscope

[Slyguy00]

Just dipped all my zoas and a bunch more came off and died. Not sure what these things are but there appears to be a lot of them.

[kien]

they look like baby chitons. Chitons are generally harmless.

Were they bothering your zoas? I've never known chitons to bother zoas, if in fact they are chitons.

[Slyguy00]

Im not sure if they were bothering them or not. I noticed one of my heads of zoas looked kinda weird and dipped just the one. and 2 fell off. I then dipped all the rest and found a whole bunch more. Iv looked online for pest id but can't seem to find anything.

[Slyguy00]

After looking up chiton it does look very similar but these things are tiny. And almost se through. I guess they could be babies but iv never seen such a thing in my tank before lol.

[kien]

Originally Posted by Slyguy00

After looking up chiton it does look very similar but these things are tiny. And almost se through. I guess they could be babies but iv never seen such a thing in my tank before lol.

You'd be amazed at what you'd find in your tank under a microscope. So much life that the human eye can not easily see.

[Slyguy00]

Yea thats forsure. But the thing is iv dipped my zoas lots before and never seen any of these fall off. I usually look at whatever falls off under a microscope just to see what I find. But you don't think they are harmful then?

[spit.fire]

Kind of flat worm IMO, how big was the biggest one?

[Slyguy00]

Pretty damn small, not sure how id be able to really describe the size though. They don't look like any kind of flat worm iv seen online. I just saw some in a tank the other day. I could be wrong, but looks more like a hard shelled creature.

[Slyguy00]

These are without microscope




Smaller than the amphipod beside it in the last pic