"worm" on my Zoos-what is it?

I have several tiny brown; lets call them 'worms", on my Zoos and it's keeping them closed and one colony is shrunken. These "worms" are very tiny and brown and have antennas, they look almost like baby nudis. I have removed them with tweezers. They are not bristleworms. Does anyone know what they are????

 

Honestly? Are you sure they're NOT nudis? That was my first thought as I was reading your description. If you can remove the colonies I would definitely dip them and see what comes crawling out.

My LFS has a lot of zoo frags that have nudibranch issues.... I always assume anything coming from the store should be freshwater dipped at the very least. I once had a baby mantis shrimp buried in a coral colony. I almost mistook him for an amphipod, he was so small.

 

I envisioned nudis while reading your description, as well.

 

Is it possible for you to take a photo for us to see? I'm be interested in taking a look.

 

Thanks guys! I am convinced they are nudis. I have picked them off so far and will continue to monitor and may dip if they continue. Thanks again

 

i vote for zoa eating nudis

 

nudis for sure. You are going to need to dip them and qt them.