little red bugs

ibanez2k · 05/12/2009, 03:51 PM

I've got a few tiny red bugs I've noticed crawling on a couple sheets of what I'm guessing from looking up pictures online are red oxypora (or just cool looking sheets of red coralline). Anyways, what are these things? They are so small I can't make out any details at all. Just a very tiny red dot moving around. I've read that there are acro eating bugs that match this description. This is in my nano and I have no acros, just softies. My lighting wouldn't support acros. Should I worry about them or will they just help with detrius and junk? Thanks!

imcosmokramer · 05/12/2009, 05:42 PM

can you take a pic?

ibanez2k · 05/12/2009, 05:51 PM

I'll try, with my own eyes I can barely see them but Ill attempt a photo this evening.

ibanez2k · 05/13/2009, 12:38 AM

Okay, I've managed to get a pic. Here's the piece of rock, it's got a couple green-striped mushrooms on it and a bunch of feather dusters. You'll see the red bugs on the red sheets of stuff in the middle. There's two of them that I could see well that showed up in the photo. From what I can tell they are a dark red in color and their heads (or at least the very front of their bodies) are white. They move around in kinda quick scurrying movements. They'll run a little, then pause, then run a little more, than pause again. Anyways, I hope this is enough of an explanation. If they are the acro eating red bugs will I not have to worry really since I don't have any hard corals? Thanks!

05/12/2009, 03:51 PM	#1
ibanez2k Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Douglas, Arizona Posts: 14	little red bugs I've got a few tiny red bugs I've noticed crawling on a couple sheets of what I'm guessing from looking up pictures online are red oxypora (or just cool looking sheets of red coralline). Anyways, what are these things? They are so small I can't make out any details at all. Just a very tiny red dot moving around. I've read that there are acro eating bugs that match this description. This is in my nano and I have no acros, just softies. My lighting wouldn't support acros. Should I worry about them or will they just help with detrius and junk? Thanks!

05/12/2009, 05:42 PM	#2
imcosmokramer Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Cleveland, OH Posts: 1,709	can you take a pic? __________________ You can agree with me, or you can be wrong. You pick.

05/12/2009, 05:51 PM	#3
ibanez2k Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Douglas, Arizona Posts: 14	I'll try, with my own eyes I can barely see them but Ill attempt a photo this evening.

05/13/2009, 12:38 AM	#4
ibanez2k Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Douglas, Arizona Posts: 14	Okay, I've managed to get a pic. Here's the piece of rock, it's got a couple green-striped mushrooms on it and a bunch of feather dusters. You'll see the red bugs on the red sheets of stuff in the middle. There's two of them that I could see well that showed up in the photo. From what I can tell they are a dark red in color and their heads (or at least the very front of their bodies) are white. They move around in kinda quick scurrying movements. They'll run a little, then pause, then run a little more, than pause again. Anyways, I hope this is enough of an explanation. If they are the acro eating red bugs will I not have to worry really since I don't have any hard corals? Thanks!