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i know this isn't a good photo, but wasn't having luck getting a better one. a bunch of these came in on a torch coral, the were clinging to bag and left the torch on their own the hour or so they were in the bag. not sure why. only thing i could think of was the heat in the cooler got a little high like 82, maybe they didn't like that. i dipped with bug out, and seachem dip. nothing else came off. i didn't do H202 this time. they swim like leaches, and are only a few milimeters long. third one is one next to a squished one. sadly i'm also thinking that gill flukes came in on the coral too based on what my tang is doing.

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Looks like a Polyclad Flatworm. Have you added any new corals?
 
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Looks like a Polyclad Flatworm. Have you added any new corals?
it came off torch coral i bought, they were clinging to the inside of the transport bag.
 

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it came off torch coral i bought, they were clinging to the inside of the transport bag.
You need to report that to the source of the coral. Polyclad are nocturnal, you should keep an eye out.
 
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i did, he said he's never seen them. his tanks looks amazing too. meanwhile mine is crashing
 

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i know this isn't a good photo, but wasn't having luck getting a better one. a bunch of these came in on a torch coral, the were clinging to bag and left the torch on their own the hour or so they were in the bag. not sure why. only thing i could think of was the heat in the cooler got a little high like 82, maybe they didn't like that. i dipped with bug out, and seachem dip. nothing else came off. i didn't do H202 this time. they swim like leaches, and are only a few milimeters long. third one is one next to a squished one. sadly i'm also thinking that gill flukes came in on the coral too based on what my tang is doing.

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This is one circumstance where I would just chuck the coral unless you have a QT setup for coral.
 

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