Torch pest?

brycen17 · Oct 20, 2022

I notice my hammer coral was starting to not look so healthy and then it got brown jelly disease and died.

then my torch coral starting receding even tho it still looked full and healthy expect for at the base. I took it out and dipped it after I got rid of the hammer coral. I then notice this weird thing on the skeleton and can’t tell what it is. Anyone got any idea?

It had been about a week since I dipped it and it appears that thing is maybe slowly going away.

thanks!

Dave1993 · Oct 20, 2022

can you pull it off with some tweezers

mtraylor · Oct 22, 2022

Can't tell from pic. But have had clear colored nudibrannches that are LPS nuisance

homer1475 · Oct 22, 2022

Not sure if there are LPS eating nudibranch, but is looks like one to me.

Danny G · Oct 22, 2022

Not sure what this one is but I would say it should be removed from the coral. If you don’t mind me asking what was your dip process on this one. I haven’t seen anything like it but I had a torch with flat worms and it took about 3-4 months of dipping to fully get rid of it. I eventually went with a very aggressive 3 step dip process that seemed to work.

brycen17 · Oct 24, 2022

Dave1993 said:
can you pull it off with some tweezers

I could barley get some of it off with tweezers it seemed to just tear apart. I got a pic of it up close of a little piece and will try to get a clearer pic with white light. Kinda looks like eggs of something to me but it also seemed like it moved when I tried to grab it but that may have just been the water moving.

brycen17 · Oct 24, 2022

Danny G said:
Not sure what this one is but I would say it should be removed from the coral. If you don’t mind me asking what was your dip process on this one. I haven’t seen anything like it but I had a torch with flat worms and it took about 3-4 months of dipping to fully get rid of it. I eventually went with a very aggressive 3 step dip process that seemed to work.

I just dipped it following the directions on coral rx dip, besides I typically mix it a little stronger. Basically just put the water in a tub and put the dip in it and add some iodine dip and then put the coral in it and move it around and blow water throughout the coral with a turkey baster for 10-15 mins usually.