Hitchhikers in corals from Vendor Sale

455Cutlassdave · Wednesday at 8:06 PM

Got my corals in from a vendor sale this today. I found some things that have me concerned and need some advice.

One jar containing a Duncan had a very orange tint to the water and partial polyp bailout on one head. There appears to be non moving pests in the bottom of this one.

Two other jars had some small red bugs, so.e kind of flat worm, and a snail. What should I do???

455Cutlassdave · Thursday at 10:09 AM

Anyone?

Cell · Thursday at 10:21 AM

Can't tell what the top one is. Looks like slug or flatworm. Pic is too small and blurry.

I'd remove the 2nd.

3rd is stomatella snail, great cuc.

Can't tell what the rice looking stuff is. Maybe just pods.

WalkerLovesTheOcean · Thursday at 10:24 AM

I see red planaria in the first picture. There is a flatworm in the 2nd pic. Neither should not go in your tank.

I agree that the 3rd is a stomatella, and I also agree that the 4th pic is too blurry.

VintageReefer · Thursday at 10:27 AM

That top Duncan head looks like it’s dying

455Cutlassdave · Thursday at 10:57 AM

I threw out all the critters that were in the shipping cups and dipped the corals. I'm mostly concerned with why that water the Duncan was is was so tinted. I have a feeling there was red planaria in it that started dying and changed the water color.

If it wasn't that I can't imagine why the color was the way it was. The other possibility of the damage to the top head is that it may have been rubbing the bottom of the cup. It would have been close with the height of the coral with the frag plug included. My hammer that was also sent was in a taller cup was of similar size, but was a pinch taller. Would tissue trauma tint the water like that? Part of the head is torn and hanging.

WalkerLovesTheOcean · Thursday at 11:00 AM

455Cutlassdave said:
I threw out all the critters that were in the shipping cups and dipped the corals. I'm mostly concerned with why that water the Duncan was is was so tinted. I have a feeling there was red planaria in it that started dying and changed the water color.

If it wasn't that I can't imagine why the color was the way it was. The other possibility of the damage to the top head is that it may have been rubbing the bottom of the cup. It would have been close with the height of the coral with the frag plug included. My hammer that was also sent was in a taller cup was of similar size, but was a pinch taller. Would tissue trauma tint the water like that? Part of the head is torn and hanging.

Dying tissue will discolor the water, so that's my guess.