This freaked me out. what is this?

[mmorrison55]

My hammer colony broke apart while cleaning behind it and when I was cleaning it up and removing a few frags, o noticed some egg like globs that were easily removed.

Im guessing some kind of tube worm as I see small white worms in the second picture breaking through, but I don’t know what kind of work that is. I was tempted to leave it on and let the fish eat at it, but it came off easily and as I was fragging and dipping it, they all came off easy.

My blood shrimp lives on this hammer colony, but I thought crustaceans keep their eggs on them.

Anyway, thought it was weird annd interesting and wanted to post.

 

[Crabs McJones]

Sponge growth

 

[mmorrison55]

Sponge growth

I probably should have left i then? Does it “choke” out the coral?

 

[BristleWormHater]

I probably should have left i then? Does it “choke” out the coral?

Yes, if the coral is not doing well. This was a good move, you dont want it growing on the flesh band like it was here.