Please help ID White covering over polyps

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I’m not sure what I’m looking at in the second picture. The white in the first picture “covering the polyps,” is the skeleton
 

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I had my euphilia die one head at a time with white stuff. Not sure what it is but all the rest of my corals are fine.
 
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In the first picture I'm not referring to the skeleton. That was the end result after I blew off the white stuff. If you look to the center left of the photo you can see what looks like a white paste covering the top. Blowing it off, it came off mostly in 1 piece like a skin. The second picture is a different coral and probably a bit too close up to make sense of it. But all of the small polyps are covered up with it making it look like measles.
 

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The white stuff blowing off is likely bacteria consuming dead tissue and dead tissue itself. A dip in revive or the like may help, but they look to be in rough shape.

The second picture I need the white lights on to tell what I'm looking at.
 

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