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Looks like something is eating away at the skeleton of my torch.

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+1 to possible urchin. I had a Pencil Urchin that would eat the skeleton of corals, especially if the skeleton had coralline growth on it.
 
I have a purple pincushion but this makes me feel better about getting rid of it when I upgrade to a bigger acrylic tank.
 
I've seen long spine urchins do that. Reliably. So +2 on the urchin question!
 

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