Feb 9, 2020 #1 G gibes New Member View Badges Joined Feb 9, 2020 Messages 16 Reaction score 7 Rating - 0% 0 0 0 hi all, im super beginner with all these reef tank. I just bought this coral and saw this thing, something hairy popping out and in inside its ?tube like thing. I wonder if this a parasite? Will it be harmful to my coral?
hi all, im super beginner with all these reef tank. I just bought this coral and saw this thing, something hairy popping out and in inside its ?tube like thing. I wonder if this a parasite? Will it be harmful to my coral?
Feb 9, 2020 #2 ScottieB Active Member View Badges KCRC Member My Tank Thread Joined Nov 13, 2018 Messages 201 Reaction score 234 Location Overland Park, KS Rating - 0% 0 0 0 Welcome! That looks like a little tube worm. A harmless filter feeder. Especially if you touch the feather part and it retracts into the tube. If it really bother you you can pop it off the base of the coral but I think it’s harmless.
Welcome! That looks like a little tube worm. A harmless filter feeder. Especially if you touch the feather part and it retracts into the tube. If it really bother you you can pop it off the base of the coral but I think it’s harmless.
Feb 9, 2020 #3 DarkSky Well-Known Member View Badges Joined Jan 23, 2017 Messages 863 Reaction score 1,051 Location Minneapolis, MN Rating - 0% 0 0 0 What ScottieB said - a harmless and helpful filter feeder.
Feb 9, 2020 #4 FindingPonyo Active Member View Badges Joined Dec 23, 2019 Messages 112 Reaction score 101 Location Southeast New York Rating - 0% 0 0 0 I agree with above
Feb 9, 2020 #5 OP OP G gibes New Member View Badges Joined Feb 9, 2020 Messages 16 Reaction score 7 Rating - 0% 0 0 0 Ah! Glad to know that! Thank
Feb 9, 2020 #6 S.Pepper Valuable Member View Badges Hospitality Award My Tank Thread Joined Sep 21, 2019 Messages 2,231 Reaction score 9,509 Rating - 0% 0 0 0 Welcome to R2R, gibes.