Possible worm or hitchhiker.

Barks · Mar 5, 2023

Hi all.
move recently put a load of coral in and it’s all doing well at last. Had so many issues.
anyhow this particular acro seams to have something in the end that shouldn’t be there. It’s not a polyp or a filament and is the only end like it. What’s your opinion. Algae. Worm.
im in a mind to cut the end off.
cheers
Barks

HankstankXXL750 · Mar 5, 2023

Can you get it with a tweezers?

Barks · Mar 5, 2023

HankstankXXXL750 said:
Can you get it with a tweezers?

Yes bud. I pulled it the other day but it’s back. Maybe I should buy a microscope.

HankstankXXL750 · Mar 5, 2023

So you pulled it out and it returned? The end polyp really looks unhappy. Removing it might be good, but depends how long it is.

Barks · Mar 5, 2023

Ok so you think it’s a polyp. It looks nothing like the rest and it’s always out. I thought something else had got in there. I’ll keep my eye on it for another week and if no change I’ll cut the end of the coral I think.
cheers
Barks

TnFishwater98 · Mar 5, 2023

Is it not a spionid Worm? When you touch it does anything retract?

HankstankXXL750 · Mar 5, 2023

Barks said:
Ok so you think it’s a polyp. It looks nothing like the rest and it’s always out. I thought something else had got in there. I’ll keep my eye on it for another week and if no change I’ll cut the end of the coral I think.
cheers
Barks

No I don’t think it is a polyp, but appears to be coming out of a polyp and irritating or blocking it. I don’t disagree with removing the end, I’m wondering how far down into it this goes.

Barks · Mar 5, 2023

Ah. Ok. Yes I see. I’m thinking along the same lines.
no it dosent retract its just soft about like algae or a tube.
I think the end needs cutting off the coral in case it’s invasive.
Cheers
Barks

TnFishwater98 · Mar 5, 2023

Barks said:
Ah. Ok. Yes I see. I’m thinking along the same lines.
no it dosent retract its just soft about like algae or a tube.
I think the end needs cutting off the coral in case it’s invasive.
Cheers
Barks

If it’s a spionid Worm. You can cut the tube then use superglue gel and glue the end of the tube.