Noticed some red like worms on my coral

[thisguy1]

Hi lately my coral hasn’t been opening but all my other corals are and I tested my water and everything is fine. The I picked it up to check it out and I noticed these little worm like creatures on it does anyone know what they are?

 

[MERKEY]

I'm thinking they look like Flatworms,and vermitids....but i need better eyes lol

@ReefSquad

 

[thisguy1]

I'm thinking they look like Flatworms,and vermitids....but i need better eyes lol

@ReefSquad

I’ll try to get a better pic give me a second

 

[xxkenny90xx]

I'm thinking they look like Flatworms,and vermitids....but i need better eyes lol

@ReefSquad

Ya is tough to see but I'm going flatworms here. Dip the coral asap. And watch the others! There are products out there just for flatworms

 

[thisguy1]

Ya is tough to see but I'm going flatworms here. Dip the coral asap. And watch the others! There are products out there just for flatworms

Here’s a better pic

 

[thisguy1]

I'm thinking they look like Flatworms,and vermitids....but i need better eyes lol

@ReefSquad

Here’s some more pics

 

[MERKEY]

Here’s some more pics

Ok so I only see vermitids on those but I would remove them and dip the coral. The coral is looking pretty rough. Have you had any swings in parameters lately?

 

[thisguy1]

Ok so I only see vermitids on those but I would remove them and dip the coral. The coral is looking pretty rough. Have you had any swings in parameters lately?

Well one week I was late on my water change but other than that no I test my water once a week. And everything checked out fine. Just last week it was fully opened

 

[fishguy242]

hi i am seeing vermentid snails and think spelled wrong spiroid worms,verments clip off and super glue shut,sp,worms ok

 

[xxkenny90xx]

Here’s a better pic

Oh good, these look like vermited snails, not flatworms. Vermiteds are usually ok but if the coral is unhappy then get them outta there!

 

[thisguy1]

hi i am seeing vermentid snails and think spelled wrong spiroid worms,verments clip off and super glue shut,sp,worms ok

Ok had me worried we’ll still am lol but I decided to give it a quick coral dip and moved it to a low flow area just for now to see how it does.

 

[thisguy1]

Oh good, these look like vermited snails, not flatworms. Vermiteds are usually ok but if the coral is unhappy then get them outta there!

I did I gave it a quick dip and somewhat scraped them off moved it to a low flow area for now

 

[thisguy1]

hi i am seeing vermentid snails and think spelled wrong spiroid worms,verments clip off and super glue shut,sp,worms ok

Also I forgot to mention when I was dipping it I noticed I could easily rub the flesh off of course by accident so I was being extra careful but do you know if that’s do to stress or anything like that?

 

[thisguy1]

Oh good, these look like vermited snails, not flatworms. Vermiteds are usually ok but if the coral is unhappy then get them outta there!

Also I forgot to mention when I was dipping it I noticed I could easily rub the flesh off of course by accident so I was being extra careful but do you know if that’s do to stress or anything like that?

 

[Daveobrien]

This LPS is in trouble, it's not doing well. You've done your dip for parasites. I'd do a 2nd dip for health. Give it a lugols dip (eg, iodine). Search on R2R for proper instructions. But his is good stuff for LPS in general.

 

[thisguy1]

This LPS is in trouble, it's not doing well. You've done your dip for parasites. I'd do a 2nd dip for health. Give it a lugols dip (eg, iodine). Search on R2R for proper instructions. But his is good stuff for LPS in general.

Thanks very much I will definitely look into this really wanna save the coral

 

[xxkenny90xx]

Thanks very much I will definitely look into this really wanna save the coral

I'm curious what other coral do you have that is doing fine? And what are your actual parameter #?

 

[thisguy1]

I'm curious what other coral do you have that is doing fine? And what are your actual parameter #?

Well I have a branching frogspawn, 3 acan lords, two wall hammers and a wall frogspawn. I haven’t had any trouble with them. And they’ve been in the tank the same amount of time. I currently left for work but I can update this post tomorrow with my parameters