ID Please: Red Spots on glass that move

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While cleaning my glass I noticed hundreds of very very small red flecks moving all over the place. They do not move very fast but not exactly slow.
The only comparison I can think of is chigger bugs. They are the very small red bugs that live in spanish moss and borrow in your skin like a tick.
 
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Whatever it is is so small I wouldn't be able to tell.
The closest size comparison I can give is the dotted portion of this i to the size of this .
And they are not red like the smiley icons but more of a crimson color. Hardly red, more of a brick color.
Please tell these are flat worms!!
 
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Bang,
I searched the site for Convotriloba Flatworms, aka red flatworms, and I can't tell if that is what I have.
I put a flashlight on them to see if that disturbed them and it did not. They are only in one area of my tank, close to my DSB. There also happens to be several (10-15) very, very small baby snails (turbo maybe) near them. The snails seem uneffected by their presence. I tried to find one big enough to get more details unfortunately the best I could find is one with a black spot on one end. Another looked like it had antenas but I am uncertain. None were on any soft corals near by.
In the last couple weeks I have added:
1. Green Montipora Cap.
2. Orange Montipora Cap.
3. Flame Angel
4. Blue Zoos (although I was acclimating the blue zoos when I noticed the flecks so they are not the culprit).
5. Ricordia
Assuming they are Convotriloba Flatworms what can I do to get these things out of my tank? My tank has been up for over two years. There seems to be a lot less of them now than earlier. Currently only my atinics are on.
 
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Tizzo,
Thanks! Almost an identical match!!
My only problem, I don't have any acropora. My sps collection consists of one montipora digitata, and two montipora cap. I also have a very large hydropora. None of the bugs are in close proximity to any of these corals.
Is it possible that one of the montipora cap. I got had it? Or maybe the motipora digitata?
I looked at them again just now. Strange thing is that after I cleaned my glass they only stay where I missed some algae. They do not go beyond the borders of the algae which happens to be near my dsb.
 
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Took this from the thread Tizzo citesd. Courtesy of zanemoseley.
Pretty dang close to what I see when I really strain my eyes to see them. These things are extremely small. Mine are on the glass not a coral.
 
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I believe Red Bugs are a type of Amphipod. Your red dots could be a close relative. The fact that they are on the glass indicates to me that they eat diatoms or bacteria.
 
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