Help: torch retracting. Worm?

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Hi, I have a torch that has been retracting and done polyps falling out. I think there is some sort of worm living on skeleton. Pic below. Any advice?

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Here another picture.
 

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I scraped off the shell it was it but it seemed to retract back into the coral. Didn’t see the worm. Would this cause coral to recede and drop polyps?
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A torch "polyp" is the entire head. Do you mean tentacles? I wouldn't think these would make those fall off
 
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A torch "polyp" is the entire head. Do you mean tentacles? I wouldn't think these would make those fall off
Yeah I mean tentacles. A few have fallen off one side and the torch is overall more closed then when I got it. Tentacles look deflated
 

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