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So recently, I spotted this fuzzy red egg like appearance on my feather duster worm. I have no idea what it is or could be. Let me know please! I attached pictures. I tried scraping one off, but it didn't. It's like it's stuck to it? My other worms don't have that stuff stuck to it. So could it be a parasite? Worm mating? Fish eggs? Shrimp egg? It doesn't look like aptasia. And the deeper you get into the ship, where the back of the worm is, the more there are.

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So recently, I spotted this fuzzy red egg like appearance on my feather duster worm. I have no idea what it is or could be. Let me know please! I attached pictures. I tried scraping one off, but it didn't. It's like it's stuck to it? My other worms don't have that stuff stuck to it. So could it be a parasite? Worm mating? Fish eggs? Shrimp egg? It doesn't look like aptasia. And the deeper you get into the ship, where the back of the worm is, the more there are.

IMG_20230407_100723.jpg IMG_20230407_101209.jpg
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