Flatworms eating torch?
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EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal
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Can you dip it?
OceanSprayCranberry
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I noticed this colony looking deflated these last few days then when I lights turned off I saw a bunch of tiny brown specks moving and it looks like there’s a web or slime or some sort. It blew right off when I hit it with the baster.
OceanSprayCranberry
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I can tomorrow
EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal
Just another girl who likes fish
There's still quite a bit of flesh on the skeleton so that's a sign that it's been healthy (although not knowing what it looked like before, it's possible that it has receded some).
How long has it been in your tank?
The bugs crawling on it are not a great sign, but from the photo, i can't tell if they are polyclad flatworms.
Can you describe the slime? Is it on the skeleton or more on the coral polyp itself? Is it brown?
It's possible it's brown jelly, but I don't see anything in the photos that resembles it...
Dipping the coral is the first step. Getting close up photos of the bugs will be helpful in identification.
How long has it been in your tank?
The bugs crawling on it are not a great sign, but from the photo, i can't tell if they are polyclad flatworms.
Can you describe the slime? Is it on the skeleton or more on the coral polyp itself? Is it brown?
It's possible it's brown jelly, but I don't see anything in the photos that resembles it...
Dipping the coral is the first step. Getting close up photos of the bugs will be helpful in identification.
EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal
Just another girl who likes fish
Oh, and when you take the coral out of the water, give it a sniff... If it doesn't make you want to barf through your eyeballs, it doesn't have brown jelly (at least not yet).
(I'm serious... That stuff STINKS!)
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CoralRX dip should eradicate them but another concern will be presence of eggs from them which you have to look for the next two weeks and eggs are very tiny. Dip will do nothing to eggs, so they have to be physically scraped off outside of tank in a container of tank water.
While these flatworms typically dont eat euphyllia, they can smother them and feed of tissue on the skeleton . Other reasons they may wilt is too little light and water flow. They require medium ware flow and light and assure calcium does NOT fall below 390 and Phosphate/nitrate not elevated.
TopClamSkoo
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Also do a hydrogen peroxide. Haven't tried it yet. But everyone on forum swears by it's use!
Good luck!!
Good luck!!
EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal
Just another girl who likes fish
You haven't tried it but you want the OP to use it??
What concentration of H2O2? For how long?
I think coral dips designed to remove pests without damaging the coral are probably a safer idea...
