Anyone know what these are?

[Meshmez]

So I was looking at my torch just before lights on, and I saw a ton of little brown spots on the tissue at the base. ACK! FLATWORMS! or so I thought...

So I pulled it out and put it in a coral rx dip.. Nothing comes off.

I look at them under my magnifying glass and they appear to be under the tissue, they don't seem to move on their own, but if I gently blow water at them they seem to float around under the tissue. Is this just zooxanthellae or something?

So I put it back in the tank, then I see these tiny things floating in the dip

At first I thought it was just detritus, but they seem to move with a purpose. No obvious appendages or structure. They are cylindrical or teardrop shape. Not sure how to post a video...

Anyone know what either of these things are?

 

[max_nano]

Small vermitid snails before they attached? Do they move when young?

 

[max_nano]

Do they only come off with water blasts? It might be good to brush them off with a tooth brush or something similar. Until you know what they are

 

[Meshmez]

The things on the torch are under the tissue...

 

[max_nano]

Maybe your torch is reproducing asexually? Those look like the things in stage 2 in the photo below.

Another Successful Gold Torch Spawning Attempt from Ultra Coral Australia | Reef Builders | The Reef and Saltwater Aquarium Blog

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[NanoCrazed]

ostracods!

 

[Meshmez]

ostracods!

Shhh. No. hahaha

 

[Meshmez]

Maybe your torch is reproducing asexually? Those look like the things in stage 2 in the photo below.

Another Successful Gold Torch Spawning Attempt from Ultra Coral Australia | Reef Builders | The Reef and Saltwater Aquarium Blog

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Holy crap... I think that's what they were. They looked a lot like 1 and 2... I just killed baby gold torches... The horror!

 

[max_nano]

Well hopefully it feels the love in the air again some time, with some advice from rich you may become the gold torch kingpin of the bay, haha.

Do you run lunar cycle on your lights, or is that complete bull crap

 

[NanoCrazed]

Holy crap... I think that's what they were. They looked a lot like 1 and 2... I just killed baby gold torches... The horror!

quick -- put them back!

 

[NanoCrazed]

dibs!

 

[Meshmez]

I did run lunar cycle with my old lights.... I don't think radion does it though... And I just switched... Haha

 

[NanoCrazed]

you can run lunar on radions... dunno about the G5 blues though...

 

[Meshmez]

you can run lunar on radions... dunno about the G5 blues though...

Yep I just found the lunar button in Mobius.

 

[Patio]

Cool thread!

 

[Meshmez]

Well I had left them in the dip container, and even though the water was cold they were still kinda moving around. So I gathered what I could and put them in a little container and I'm floating it in my frag tank... Let's see what happens!

 

[Meshmez]

So, I dont want to jump the gun too far here... But these things are definitely attached to the bottom of the container.... And they seem to resemble phase 3....

 

[sfsuphysics]

some sort of snail is my guess

 

[Coral reefer]

Fingers crossed!

 

[Jonathan Chia]

I also notice one or two polyps on my indo torch with those tiny bumps in them...wonder if I’ll see the same thing