Pest on my z's?

[resortez]

Can anyone tell me what this critter is. Found them on a rock of z's. Tiny, a bit larger than a grain of salt. Could not tell they were there until the atinics kicked in & they go fluorescent orange. I picked at one & it started moving, like the way snails do, around a single polyp. It has a rubbery feeling to it, squishy, no exoskeleton. I dipped the rock cuz several polyps seemed stressed, where ever these buggers were. All came off, about 8.

 

[Adrock]

do u have a pic and what color is the zoa/ polyp alot of pest will hid them selves by changing color of the zoa or polyp they are feasting on

 

[resortez]

I posted a pic. Can anyone see it?
It's that orange dot, next to the tweezers. The color of the zoa is hard to describe. But now that you mention it, the z's seem to be going more orange since I bought them. They look somewhat like the vampires. They are still picking up color though.

 

[pgr11]

Hard to tell from the pic it's too small. Might be a zoa eating nudi. Dip them in revive

 

[resortez]

Did dip in revive. That stuff does wonders. Like I said, the bugger is a bit bigger than a grain of salt, literarlly. I'll look up zoa eating nudis, see if I can find him. Thanks everyone!

 

[pgr11]

Dip every 3 days for a bit. Your gonna need to kill the ones that hatch from the eggs.

 

[resortez]

Eggs?! Great. It never crossed my mind that these guys could have laid eggs. Thanks again.