Little hairs on Torch Skeleton

[PotatoPig]

One of my torches has a bunch of little hair like things that grow out from the skeleton, I’m assuming these are some sort of tube worm?

Weirdly, they are epidemic and spread on this one Torch (but don’t seem to bother it) but don’t appear anywhere else in the tank.

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

Coral-boring Spionid Worms:

If they’re inside the coral, then they’re Coral-boring Spionid Worms:

Coral Boring Spionid Worms -- an ugly bane to SPS

This is not something I've ever seen before. They are extremely ugly. Mar the appearance of SPS. This is on a "Beach Bum" encrusting montipora. I would take aphasia or even montipora eating nudibranchs over this crap. I've beat those with hard work. Not sure how to eliminate these without...

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Coral Boring Spionid Worms- Anybody Killed them?

These turds have survived Bayer, Coral RX Pro, KCI, and Exodus dip. They apparently retract into their tubes, and back into the coral skeleton where they apparently are safe from the medications. Below I will post some pictures for reference. The first pic is mine, but the others are just...

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Those are boring spionids - not a problem in small numbers, but a big problem if they start boring through corals and/or if the population gets out of hand.

Safe Interceptor Dose | Coral Boring Spionid Worms.

Hello… I have been experimenting with different treatment options for Coral Boring Spionid Worms. I did not realize there was a worm that could tick me off more than Vermetid snails. When I finally kept the Vermetid’s out (100%), I’m so blessed to discover these little devils. Pic unknown...

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[PotatoPig]

Coral-boring Spionid Worms:

Well, dang.

Weird the torch otherwise seems healthy and has been growing and splitting at a decent pace.

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

Well, dang.

Weird the torch otherwise seems healthy and has been growing and splitting at a decent pace.

Yeah, they seem to be more harmful to SPS - my concern with that many in the stem of your torch is that they're probably going to leave and settle elsewhere eventually and that the torch's stem is probably going to be pretty fragile/brittle at this point.

 

[Baronen]

Isn’t this a hammer?

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

Isn’t this a hammer?

Ah, haha, I didn't even give the coral a proper look - yeah, that's a hammer.

 

[PotatoPig]

Isn’t this a hammer?

Sorry, 100% brain fart due to posting this while shopping for torches.

No torches in tank at the moment.

 

[Reefkeepers Archive]

My Duncan has the exact same thing on its stem (dead portions of the stem), what's weird is that they're stiff so maybe the tubes of very small spinoid worms if that's what they indeed are. I've not noticed any negative side effects in my case