What is this on my torch?

[BSej]

Hi all,
Just wondering if anyone knows what these brown spots are on the torch tentacles. Anything to be concerned about?
Thanks!

 

[~MD~Reefs~]

Looks like flatworms :( Not good guys

 

[Crabs McJones]

Agree, some sort of flatworm. I would take it out and dip it and then post pics of the worms off the coral for a accurate identification

 

[BSej]

Agree, some sort of flatworm. I would take it out and dip it and then post pics of the worms off the coral for a accurate identification

I have seachem reef dip, does that work? Also, most of my euphyllia have these. Is it that bad? I've had these corals a while and they seem to be doing alright.

 

[Crabs McJones]

I have seachem reef dip, does that work? Also, most of my euphyllia have these. Is it that bad? I've had these corals a while and they seem to be doing alright.

Eventually they'll multiply in numbers to the point of smothering the corals. Reef dip should work to get them off, then we can see what we're dealing with .

 

[Shirak]

I have seachem reef dip, does that work? Also, most of my euphyllia have these. Is it that bad? I've had these corals a while and they seem to be doing alright.

eefw Most likely.. Euphyllia Eating Flat Worm so yes it's bad..
Will need to dip them all to get rid of the flat worms and also remove eggs to break the cycle. Will have to repeat multiple times. Not sure how often in between but search here for EEFW.

Don't know if the Seachem reef dip will work but you should know pretty quickly if they drop off. If not, you will have to get something different.

 

[BSej]

Yeah so, 1,000 EFW came off in the dip lol

edit: (not actually 1,000 lol but a lot)

 

[~MD~Reefs~]

Yeah so, like 1,000 EFW came off in the dip lol

Not good. Those definitely look like the EEFW, your torch looks like it has marks on it. Please look up how to treat them in the forums. You’re going to be having to be doing dips consistently to hopefully break the cycle. And goes without saying, don’t share any frags to other people

 

[BSej]

I'm hoping a melanarus and six line will keep them at bay?

 

[~MD~Reefs~]

I'm hoping a melanarus and six line will keep them at bay?

They’ll help somewhat but won’t keep up enough to solve your problem. Only way to get rid of them is to dip and scrape the eggs. Dipping won’t kill the eggs

 

[BSej]

Update: I haven't dipped the torches since that first dip. I'm seeing little to 0 EEFW on my euphylia now... perhaps the wrasse is keeping them at bay? Not entirely sure, but I'm happy with the outcome haha, thanks all.

Also, the overall health of my torches has gone up as I found I had a phosphate problem and took care of it. Maybe this helped as well.. not sure.