Holes in Torch Polyp/tentacles.

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One of my torches that I've had for about a month has been shrunk and showing small holes. Any idea whats going on?

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Is it truly holes or could it be perhaps flatworms the benign kind which likes to live inside corals and smother them slowly as they reproduce? I think they are called planaria, wrasses do a great job at keeping them at bay, specially the leopoard wrasse in my opinion.

If it’s truly holes, then i have no idea because i have never heard of it before.
 

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I’m in the same boat. Saw it on a torch today. Coral seems happy as can be but definitely has holes in the sides of the polyps.
 
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Is it truly holes or could it be perhaps flatworms the benign kind which likes to live inside corals and smother them slowly as they reproduce? I think they are called planaria, wrasses do a great job at keeping them at bay, specially the leopoard wrasse in my opinion.

If it’s truly holes, then i have no idea because i have never heard of it before.
dont believe it flat worms. it weird that they are all uniformed at the bottom base.
 

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It does seem really weird that each polyp has 1 hole in a similar spot. If it was a pest you would think that it wouldn’t be so uniform.
 

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