Hi,
Yesterday I noticed my trachyphyllia wasn't doing to well, everything seemed to be okay until yesterday I noticed it was either bleaching or showing skeleton. I moved it too a lower light and lower flow area of the tank so see if this helped as it had been sat in my sand below an MP10. Today however I would say it looks worse, there seems to be a stringy looking substance attached to it and I've just noticed something attached to the plug I hadn't seen before today. I'm not sure if it's aptasia or another pest. There's also what I think is a feather duster attached to the plug but I don't think this would cause any problems. Any help would be appreciated. I've put images below of the coral when it looked health, how it looks now and the pests.
( This was the coral looking healthy a few days ago)
(This is the coral today)
( Aptyasia? It's black in colour and it has two long tentacles and when it fully comes out a few tiny tenticles)
(Feather Duster Worm)
Yesterday I noticed my trachyphyllia wasn't doing to well, everything seemed to be okay until yesterday I noticed it was either bleaching or showing skeleton. I moved it too a lower light and lower flow area of the tank so see if this helped as it had been sat in my sand below an MP10. Today however I would say it looks worse, there seems to be a stringy looking substance attached to it and I've just noticed something attached to the plug I hadn't seen before today. I'm not sure if it's aptasia or another pest. There's also what I think is a feather duster attached to the plug but I don't think this would cause any problems. Any help would be appreciated. I've put images below of the coral when it looked health, how it looks now and the pests.
( This was the coral looking healthy a few days ago)
(This is the coral today)
( Aptyasia? It's black in colour and it has two long tentacles and when it fully comes out a few tiny tenticles)
(Feather Duster Worm)
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