Aptasia keeping hammer closed

[CMGohio]

Is this aptasia, my hammer doesn't want to open much anymore and I felt it was on the verge to be healthy a split a few weeks ago.

 

[WalkerLoves_TheOcean]

The pictures are  very  fuzzy, but I don't believe it's aptasia, instead it looks more like brown jelly disease, but again, it's very, very hard to tell.

 

[CMGohio]

So I lost my patience and pulled it out and was going to razor it off, the 2 spots in question scraped right off....not sure what it was

 

[WalkerLoves_TheOcean]

So I lost my patience and pulled it out and was going to razor it off, the 2 spots in question scraped right off....not sure what it was

Can you put whatever it was in a container and take pictures of it?

 

[Goaway]

Looked like dirty pineapple sponges.

 

[Reefkeepers Archive]

Pineapple sponges, harmless filter feeders, also the hammer looks healthy to me, what did it look like before?

 

[CMGohio]

Pineapple sponges, harmless filter feeders, also the hammer looks healthy to me, what did it look like before?

It was just opening more. And yes I googled those and yes pineapple sponges look about right. Thanks all.