Are these hitchhikers?

[AlexVic]

Hello, this is the first time buying coral online and I want to know if these are hitchhikers. If they are how do I get rid of them without damaging the coral.

 

[BristleWormHater]

Can't tell in Pic 1, need a better picture.
Pic 2 are spoiribid worms, they are harmless filter feeders.

 

[tzabor10]

Looks like vermitid snails on that Euphyllia.

 

[BristleWormHater]

Looks like vermitid snails on that Euphyllia.

Veremetid tubes are brown, those are spoiribid worms.

 

[AlexVic]

Can't tell in Pic 1, need a better picture.
Pic 2 are spoiribid worms, they are harmless filter feeders.

It’s on the bottom of the frag it looks like it’s wrapping around it.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

@ISpeakForTheSeas

 

[DrkNMighty]

It’s on the bottom of the frag it looks like it’s wrapping around it.

Are we talking about the big brown/red thing going around the frag? That kind of looks like some kind of rope they used to fasten the coral.

 

[LiquidSpace]

Are we talking about the big brown/red thing going around the frag? That kind of looks like some kind of rope they used to fasten the coral.

That was my thought too.

 

[AlexVic]

Are we talking about the big brown/red thing going around the frag? That kind of looks like some kind of rope they used to fasten the coral.

That was my thought too.

Yeah it was after looking really closely I was able to see the knot. I never knew they tied corals with rope. Regardless thanks for the help

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

@ISpeakForTheSeas

I'm late, but to add to the Spirorbid worms, it looks like there may also be a benthic foraminiferan (Miniacina miniacea or Homotrema rubrum) on the bottom left side of the coral's stalk in the third pic of the first post - if so, those are harmless filter-feeders too.