Could this be flatworms?

[wasp]

Unfortunately my camera is just not able to capture the detail so I cannot do a pic. But to describe what's happening, there is some TN on one particular coral, it is not evenly around the base, but is in small patches on the flat growth where the coral has encrusted the rock. Also a few tips seem to have lost tissue. The areas still seem to be alive though as polyps still extend. Another thing I have recently moved this coral from near the bottom to near the top and the affected areas are on the top side of the coral, so hoping it may just be light related.
Sorry for the rather vague description but hoping some with more knowledge may be able to advise on this.

[gqjeff]

Allistar, take it out of the tank and put it in a bucket of tank water and shot it with the turkey baster. Do this for a couple minutes rotating the coral around to get it all over.. If you have the flatworms they will usually come off after repeated blasts of water with the baster... Hope this helps.

Jeff

If you can not get the coral out of the tank I would turn off all my water moving devices and blast it in the tank. Then use the turkey baster to catch the flatworms.

[wasp]

OK Thanks Jeff, that will be easy enough.

[gqjeff]

Def report back to us.. My buddy had them in FL and he used a combination of blasting with a turkey baster and yellow and green coris wrasses and a 6 line to defeat them in his tank.. He told me he really thinks the coris wrasses did most of the work... He also told me his other buddy was doing coral dips with a product called fluke when he had them also.. He said the fluke dip seemed to work without any advers effects on the corals.. I will see if I can find more out about the dips for you as well...

Jeff

[wasp]

OK, done it.
I removed the coral and gave it a good going over with a turkey baster in a 1/2 gallon plastic ice cream container, the coral is now back in the tank. Had a real good look at the contents of the container afterwards, with a strong light & magnifying glass, nothing resembling a flatworm, so that's good.
Also, when I took the coral out, and was able to look at it from where the light shines, it is pretty obvious the tissue damage is where the light shines. So I think I'm freaking out over nothing. I probably moved it up too much too fast.
But that's a great tip about removing and turkey baster blasting, I'll use that as my analysis tool from now on if ever in doubt. And thanks for the speedy help Jeff!

[gqjeff]

Great, glad to hear it was a false alarm Allistar. They can be a nightmare to get rid of.. Glad to help anytime I can.

Peace, Jeff