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About three months ago I purchased a 75 gal reef aquarium with all the inhabitants, rocks, pumps, the works.. It was well established (about three years old). For the first time since I restarted it , I looked at it at night with a flashlight. I mean I really looked close. It damn near scared the bageebers out of me. The first thing I saw was a worm about 4" long with legs all over it. I looked it up and I now know it as a bristle worm. However I also saw what looked like little bugs crawling all over the rocks. I couldn't get a close look at them but they appear to look like little cocroaches about 1/8" long. Can anyone ID these things? Another thing I see all over but during the daylight are these things that look like a couple of hairs sticking out of the rocks. Some have a white calcium base. I looked all over and can't ID these either. One more thing I need ID'ed is a coral. It has a branched base and has what look like little lime colored daises all over. I have included a picture of it along with a picture of the whole tank. By the way I made the stand and hood myself out of Butternut. Thanks for any help you can give me.
 

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SnowManSnow

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hmmm ...

Is the coral in question a cup coral? *(Sprung vol1 pg. 468)

The pic is a bit hard to see for some reason..
 

Sugar Magnolia

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the bugs are more than likely amphipods - harmless reef janitors. The tube/string things are probably terebellid worms - harmless.

the coral is an alveopora as mentioned. alveopora has 12 tentacle tips while goniopora has 24 on each polyp.
 
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Anonymous

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wade":367dmmgi said:
Alveopora is most likely the case. Possibly goniopora.

Alve and goni has different number of tenticles, so it is a pretty easy to say that it is an alveopora.
 
Alveopora has to be it. There are 12 tips on each tenticle. as far a s the "bugs" go I took a beter look this morning and they mor resemble very small red ants but move so fast I can't get a good look at them. Sugar Magnolia said amphipods if they are I hope their good guys.
 
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Anonymous

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>...if they are I hope their good guys.

Take a look at various pic on the infamous "red acropora bug"

Usually, they are not associate with LPS like Alveo.
 

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