Torch Pest

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My tank slowly loses all torches yet all other corals thrive (hammer/frog/montis/acros/zoas/etc). This last one I had that was very happy has started to show the signs. At first sign of tissue receding (white skeleton and snails coming to munch) I dipped in Iodine. After the dip this is what was left and they are hard to ID and the pictures dont help much.

They dont look like EEFW since all the pics I see of them are rather large. These look more like AEFW. They are more rounded than a traditional flatworm. They are curled up in the pictures here.

Trying to figure out what they are. Note: I also have a serious stomatella population...if these are simply small ones that came for the receding flesh. Added a third picture, you can see they all have a small dark spot in the center of them....possibly just baby stomatella shells?

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My tank slowly loses all torches yet all other corals thrive (hammer/frog/montis/acros/zoas/etc). This last one I had that was very happy has started to show the signs. At first sign of tissue receding (white skeleton and snails coming to munch) I dipped in Iodine. After the dip this is what was left and they are hard to ID and the pictures dont help much.

They dont look like EEFW since all the pics I see of them are rather large. These look more like AEFW. They are more rounded than a traditional flatworm. They are curled up in the pictures here.

Trying to figure out what they are. Note: I also have a serious stomatella population...if these are simply small ones that came for the receding flesh. Added a third picture, you can see they all have a small dark spot in the center of them....possibly just baby stomatella shells?

IMG-5948.jpg IMG-5947.jpg IMG-5949.jpg
I see amphipods and collonista snails
 

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