Acropora de polp - Worm Ident

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As the lights dimmed and turned off I noted 6-10 of these worm start to come out of my live rock. Over the last few days I had 2 Acropora de- polp. I have checked my water parameters an all are good.
Ammonia-0
Nitrate- 0
Nitrate- 3
Ca-446
Mg-1380
Salinity-1.027
Phos- 0.11 added mess bag of Phosguard 24hr later 0.05.
 

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Looks like a common bristle worm. These detritivores are common in marine aquariums and are part of a healthy ecosystem. Try not to touch them as their bristles will painfully break off in your skin.
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Looks like a common bristle worm. These detritivores are common in marine aquariums and are part of a healthy ecosystem. Try not to touch them as their bristles will painfully break off in your skin.
What do you mean by Acropora de- polp?
I had 2 Acropora frags and in one day all the color and polps left the skeleton structure (turned all white)
 

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