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Hello, I recently started noticing 2 small white centipede like “bugs” on the glass of my tank. They have antennaes, many “feet” like a centipede, move slowly, and are completely white. The bugs are very small but still bigger than pods. My tank has been fallow for 8 weeks now following a brook outbreak and I am about to introduce a black ice clownfish, but I need to know if these “bugs” are harmful parasites or not. I have a AIO IM 15 gal cube with 10lbs live rock/10 lbs sand. I have not introduced anything new into the aquarium in the past 8 weeks other than a GSP and a reverse Superman monti. The salinity is 1.025, ph = 8.0, temp = 77 F, Ammonia = 0, Nitrite = 0, nitrate = 10, phosphate = 0. Any help is greatly appreciated! Pictures below:

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I'd agree it's likely to be a nudibranch. It won't hurt the fish, but may be a coral pest. Check your corals for signs of irritation/pests, and consider dipping them to see if anything falls off. If you do dip them, keep a pipette and/or turkey baster on hand, and a cup of clean tank water, so you can remove anything beneficial or potentially harmless to clean water before the dip kills it.
 
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Do you happen to have any montipora in the tank? It does look a bit like a montipora eating nudibranch. If you do have montis and do the turkey basting test the other person suggested I'd focus on those
 

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