Hitchhiker in my candy cane!?!?

Regalcinema · Jan 28, 2023

Hello everyone, recently I got a candy cane coral, I haven't noticed anything unusual until today I noticed what looks like a small tentacle extending out of one of the mouths I haven’t seen never seen this before. Just wondering if anyone has experienced this… below is a link to a short YouTube video to show what it’s doing, there there are 2 videos total one is a little longer than the other!

thank you all in advanced for the responses!

https://youtube.com/shorts/H2KrRCNKgeY?feature=share
https://youtube.com/shorts/JJVSfKo2z8U?feature=share

Big G · Jan 28, 2023

Very difficult to see what you are seeing. I'd consider dipping the coral.

Tired · Jan 28, 2023

Can you get a video of it doing its thing while in the water? It's not really identifiable like this.

Regalcinema · Jan 28, 2023

Big G said:
Very difficult to see what you are seeing. I'd consider dipping the coral.

I’ll try and get a better video! But I have dipped the coral a couple times. Nothing has worked on removing what it is!

Regalcinema · Jan 28, 2023

Tired said:
Can you get a video of it doing its thing while in the water? It's not really identifiable like this.

Yes I will try and get a better video. It looks like a fan/hand waving poking in and out!

vetteguy53081 · Jan 28, 2023

Looks like a small crab or sea spider but Unconfirmed. Submersed under white lighting is best chance of positive ID

Regalcinema · Jan 28, 2023

vetteguy53081 said:
Looks like a small crab or sea spider but Unconfirmed. Submersed under white lighting is best chance of positive ID

Thank you for the help tomorrow I will get a better video and I’ll post a link to it! I’m more or less worried if it’s something I should try to remove or leave as is…

Big G · Jan 28, 2023

Regalcinema said:
I’ll try and get a better video! But I have dipped the coral a couple times. Nothing has worked on removing what it is!

What dip or dip series are you using?

Regalcinema · Jan 28, 2023

Big G said:
What dip or dip series are you using?

Right now I’m just using ReVive by two little fishies, heard it’s the best just kinda stuck with it.

Tired · Jan 29, 2023

A waving hand sounds like a barnacle. If that's the case, it's harmless, and a dip may kill it but can't remove it.

Rennurdoar · Jan 29, 2023

Tired said:
A waving hand sounds like a barnacle. If that's the case, it's harmless, and a dip may kill it but can't remove it.

That's what I was thinking when they said waving hand. Was a barnacle.

@Regalcinema does it look like this? This is a barnacle that was on one of our new corals we got in. Wasn't sure either at first until we asked here on R2R. We named that coral Barny now lol.

Regalcinema · Jan 29, 2023

Rennurdoar said:
That's what I was thinking when they said waving hand. Was a barnacle.

@Regalcinema does it look like this? This is a barnacle that was on one of our new corals we got in. Wasn't sure either at first until we asked here on R2R. We named that coral Barny now lol.

THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT IT IS!!! Thank you!! Okay, I just wanted to make sure it wasn’t something terrible that would wreck the tank!