Red bugs on rock

[ssmtcarlo]

I got some little red bugs running all over my rock. what are they and how can i get rid of the please help thank you.

 

[House of Laughter]

Pixctures would be helpful

I am guessing if you can see them that they are planaria worms (Flatworms) and that's not a good thing.

But that is just a guess without pics.

House

 

[ssmtcarlo]

i wouldnt be able to take a picture that could show them. they look like tiny red? mites im seeing them on the rock not yet on any of my acros can red bugs live on other surfaces then acros?

 

[ezee]

ssmtcarlo,

Referring to the phrase "running all over your rock", are they really moving around fairly quickly or are they almost non-moving? Flatworms tend to move fairly slowly.

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[ssmtcarlo]

moving quickly. dont look like flat worms i think there red bugs but i am not able to tell exactly their color there too small

 

[inline6]

Did you check out the pest gallery?

http://www.manhattanreefs.com/gallery/browseimages.php?do=browseimages&c=6&page=3

 

[scarf_ace1981]

could it be tiny pods? how long has your tank been up and running? are there are fish in the tank? if so which?

 

[fritz]

They sound like pods to me, I have them also. Some are red and I have some that are white. They are good you don't want to get rid of them. They are food for your reef and a sign that you are doing well.

 

[DonCisco]

I vote for pods, maybe some sort of cyclopeeze kind? they tend to be reddish

 

[GQ22]

do u have a fish that will eat them. i suggest a six line wrasse as a general pest eater.

 

[ssmtcarlo]

I have a six line a green chromis and a starry blenny my i have two acropora milleopora, a blue aculeus, a purple bonsai, a green monti digi and a orange monte digi as well as a purple rim cap thats my SPS one of my milliopora has not been having full pollip extention latley and i just saw the bugs. This leads me to believe there red acro bugs but i have yet to see them on my acros. The other problem is there so tiney i cant tell if they resemble some of the pics of red bugs on this site. i picked up the milliopora and had a small bug on my finger and to me it resembled a red bug any more insite

 

[ezee]

ssmtcarlo,

Many pods resemble bugs to a greater or lesser degree. They are definitely not pests and your fish will enjoy eating them. Flatworms are another story but it does not sound like this is a fw issue.

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[ssmtcarlo]

I dont think it is a flat worm issue i think it is a acro red bug issue, but im not sure i need to be able to get a close up picture of one of them before i can tell, any other symptoms that come with red bugs

 

[DevIouS]

They are very tiny.
Check with a magnifying glass, if you have one.
They'll look like fleas.

 

[ezee]

ssmtcarlo,

I dont think it is a flat worm issue i think it is a acro red bug issue, but im not sure i need to be able to get a close up picture of one of them before i can tell, any other symptoms that come with red bugs

I may be mistaken but I believe the creatures you are referring to (acro red bugs) may also be a flatworm species.

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[DevIouS]

The pic I posted above are Acropora Redbugs.

 

[fritz]

I had redbugs once and they weren't crawling around my rocks. If you had a red bug infestation so bad that they were on your rocks you'd know it, there'd be no grey area there.

These sound like pods, if however you notice what appears to be cyclopeeze all over your acros and only on your acros that would most likely be red bugs.

 

[ssmtcarlo]

Thanks fritz