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Djbeasley05
04/04/2018, 06:19 AM
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Found a couple of these on the backside on my monti cap. My branching monti is losing its algae. What is this worm and how do I get rid of it?


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Djbeasley05
04/04/2018, 06:32 AM
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Found a couple of these on the backside on my monti cap. My branching monti is losing its algae. What is this worm and how do I get rid of it?


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http://www.wetwebmedia.com/Arthropoda/CrustaceanPIX/SWShrimpPIX/Pods%20(Amphi,%20Cope...)/Amphipods/amphipod%20gues.jpeg

Someone else with a better picture of the same bug...



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Crooked Reef
04/04/2018, 07:02 AM
Looks like an amphipod. Amphipods are a highly beneficial and welcome addition to a reef tank. They provide clean up and are live food for your fish. They are nocturnal which would be why it was hiding under your monti. The only monti parasite I am aware of is a montipora eating nudibranch, which would eat patches of flesh off of the coral. If you are losing its color I would check your lights, flow and water quality first.
rudy.guzman.925
04/04/2018, 07:21 AM
I don’t think that’s a pest, seems more like a type of shrimp. Maybe a mysis shrimp. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180404/be1fcd4d205b3266ec82a7e65bcd3fef.jpg


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sde1500
04/04/2018, 07:29 AM
That looks, as best I can see from the blurry picture, to be an amphipod. Not a pest at all. By losing it's algae, do you mean bleaching? I'd look for another cause, that pod is not it.
Sugar Magnolia
04/04/2018, 08:03 AM
That looks, as best I can see from the blurry picture, to be an amphipod. Not a pest at all. By losing it's algae, do you mean bleaching? I'd look for another cause, that pod is not it.

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