Acro Bug

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  1. mikejrice

    mikejrice 3reef Affiliate

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    I just noticed there is some kind of small bug living in a little hole in one of my acros. It appears to have two little antenna looking things and pokes in and out. It's way to small to take a picture of. Anyone know what this could be?
     
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  2. jonjonwells

    jonjonwells Great Blue Whale

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    Sounds awfully familiar...... Kill it before it eats more. It will get bigger and creates a cavern inside the skeleton. I ended up using a needle to inject boiling water (not RODI) into the cavity.
     
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  3. mikejrice

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    Figured it was bad. I'm going to try an iodine dip before I go to that extent.
     
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  4. jzenob

    jzenob Coral Banded Shrimp

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    I have a crab that lives in my acro pretty sweet
     
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  5. mikejrice

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    Its antenna look almost like two little feather dusters. Nice and bushy. I did an iodine dip on it and it killed one. How long should I wait before doing another dip to get the other one?
     
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    After some more research it appears I have a couple of Spionid Worm. The site I found says they are not harmfull other than in rare cases where they breed really well in the system. Im going to see how it plays out out of curiousity. Needless to say if I see more pop up they will be iodine nuked outta there.
     
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