Indio gold torch small parasite possibly - Please Help

[Travis Warren]

Hi I just noticed these on 1 of my 3 torches and also the flesh on my frogspawn and hammers are nice and white with no spots. Is this a parasite?

 

[Jake_the_reefer]

I would pull it and dip. Looks like flatworms

 

[r20crazy]

better get some flatworm exit and read up on how to dip new corals and how to get rid of flatworms. they are not just on corals

 

[Travis Warren]

Thanks for the quick reply. I have some coral rx that I will pull it and dip it. I have had this one since last August strange my other ones they did not get on.

 

[DarthSimon]

Yes those are flatworms. I would dip your other Euphyllia as well...

 

[DarthSimon]

Also do you have a fish like a Melanarus Wrasse, yellow corris or Sixline? Those usually will pick those...

 

[Waynerock]

You got

 

[LIreefguy]

Those might be the polyclad flat worms

they eat the the underflesh of lps corals. They get really big. Dip will work to get them off You don’t need flatworm rx. Also don’t bother dosing the tank. If there the polyclad rx will not kill them in tank. I had them on an indo torch. Before. They also eat clams. Killed all my clams. You need to keep pulling each torch and hammer out ever 2 weeks until you get them all

 

[LIreefguy]

Wrasses won’t work. Manually dipping over and over is only thing to work with these guys

 

[LIreefguy]

But not sure if they are flatworms yet. Dip the coral see if the fall off.