milesmiles902 Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Hey everyone! I might have a pest problem. To begin, there were two Acropora's in my tank that lasted a while and immediately died off. I know I had a bit of an alkalinity problem, but anything that was damaged came right back. After about 3 weeks of keeping the Acropora where they were (hoping they would come back), I decided to examine them up close. I found some bugs, that aren't on other pieces of coral. If I do a quick google search, they do somewhat look like other Acropora eating bugs. What should I do about them? There aren't any other Acropora in the tank right now, but some SPS, more LPS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CuttleFishandCoral Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Look more like pods then aefw. Aefw are almost always on the tissue of the coral. Pods are good for ur tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paratore Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 I agree with Jeff. Looks like pods. Normal just eggs would be on the plug, not the actual aefw The acros may have just not liked the instability. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Z Reef Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 As said above, AEFW are usually on the tissue and are pretty difficult to see. They are more oval and flat looking than what you posted. You can always dip and inspect up close if you want a better species ID. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milesmiles902 Posted January 11, 2016 Author Share Posted January 11, 2016 Wow! Thanks all for the quick reply. I have seen many larger copepods, but never this small. They have to be no more than 2 mm in length. I'll keep it in mind that AEFW tend to live on tissue. It was just odd to only find them on the plugs with acros. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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