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03/08/2015, 07:55 PM
I noticed these swarming the glass in my refugium tonight. They weren't there last night when I was looking in there and nothing has been added to the tank since 3/3/15. The only thing that has been done is I cleaned the algae off back glass today and dipped a few corals last night. I hope they aren't the dreaded aefw but they look like they are way smaller. A pin head is probably 7-8x the size of these guys and there hasn't even been an acro in this tank closest thing was a stylo but I lost it about 2 weeks ago due to improper light acclimation. Currently they are only in the refugium and thankfully not in the DT.
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k147/top_shelf1/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20150308_210542_198_zpscxa249w5.jpg (http://s87.photobucket.com/user/top_shelf1/media/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20150308_210542_198_zpscxa249w5.jpg.html)
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k147/top_shelf1/Mobile%20Uploads/
IMG_20150308_210542_198_zpscxa249w5.jpg (http://s87.photobucket.com/user/top_shelf1/media/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20150308_210542_198_zpscxa249w5.jpg.html)
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k147/top_shelf1/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20150308_210544_156_zpsi4qhfequ.jpg (http://s87.photobucket.com/user/top_shelf1/media/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20150308_210544_156_zpsi4qhfequ.jpg.html)
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k147/top_shelf1/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20150308_210615_851_zpsvzydr7oo.jpg (http://s87.photobucket.com/user/top_shelf1/media/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20150308_210615_851_zpsvzydr7oo.jpg.html)
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k147/top_shelf1/Mobile%20Uploads/th_VID_20150308_205742_069_zpsmytky8id.mp4 (http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k147/top_shelf1/Mobile%20Uploads/VID_20150308_205742_069_zpsmytky8id.mp4)
I hope these pictures are enough for a positive ID as its the best I can do, also for reference the pics were taken on the end of a cotton swab. Also I have since shut off flow to the refugium to try and isolate till I know more about what I'm dealing with. Many thanks to any and all that can help.
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k147/top_shelf1/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20150308_210542_198_zpscxa249w5.jpg (http://s87.photobucket.com/user/top_shelf1/media/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20150308_210542_198_zpscxa249w5.jpg.html)
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k147/top_shelf1/Mobile%20Uploads/
IMG_20150308_210542_198_zpscxa249w5.jpg (http://s87.photobucket.com/user/top_shelf1/media/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20150308_210542_198_zpscxa249w5.jpg.html)
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k147/top_shelf1/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20150308_210544_156_zpsi4qhfequ.jpg (http://s87.photobucket.com/user/top_shelf1/media/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20150308_210544_156_zpsi4qhfequ.jpg.html)
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k147/top_shelf1/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20150308_210615_851_zpsvzydr7oo.jpg (http://s87.photobucket.com/user/top_shelf1/media/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20150308_210615_851_zpsvzydr7oo.jpg.html)
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k147/top_shelf1/Mobile%20Uploads/th_VID_20150308_205742_069_zpsmytky8id.mp4 (http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k147/top_shelf1/Mobile%20Uploads/VID_20150308_205742_069_zpsmytky8id.mp4)
I hope these pictures are enough for a positive ID as its the best I can do, also for reference the pics were taken on the end of a cotton swab. Also I have since shut off flow to the refugium to try and isolate till I know more about what I'm dealing with. Many thanks to any and all that can help.