Miniscule, red mobile things on coral frags

[wade1]

I recently recieved a few coral frags and noticed that they have a tiny, very hard to see red 'bug' on them. They appear to be moving too fast to be flatworms. I am currently trying to isolate a few and get microscope pictures, but in the meantime, does anyone know what they might be?

Are they parasitic or merely living on the coral?

Anyone? Anyone? Beuhler, beuhler...

 

[Anonymous]

Uh oh,

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[wade1]

Just what I needed to deal with... wonder if cleaner shrimp will have any affect on them.

Thanks for the links!!

Wade

 

[Anonymous]

Shrimp will not likely touch them. I had some "red bugs" on a few small frags, but they all disappeared about a month after adding a yellow clown goby. This goby of mine eats no prepared food, so I would advise ethics bordering on mandarin-like before thinking about adding one to your tank. It's always got a fat belly, so it's eating something. Others claim they will eat prepared food, but I've never seen such.