What's on my blasto?

[DrHollyW00D]

Hello, I received this blasto last Tuesday and today I noticed this black looking thing on the skeleton. It's having no other issue, it's opening up fully and has eaten. It closed up cause it's mad that I picked it up. The tissue around looks healthy, I'm just worried that it might be sick or something. Any ideas?

 

[DDenny]

Hard for to tell. When I zoom in it gets really blurry. Maybe someone else will know.

 

[DrHollyW00D]

Hard for to tell. When I zoom in it gets really blurry. Maybe someone else will know.

Yeah, sorry the pics were taken with my phone. I'm charging the DSLR with the macro lens to provide a better pic.

 

[zuri]

if you can take it out an try to blow it off looks like an infection the flesh is seperating from the skeleton. many ways to take care of that I myself would do a light h202 10-15 mins others may use iodine but you have what looks like cyano/dino aswell

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

Maybe vermatid snail. I agree. Too small or blurry of pics
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[DrHollyW00D]

if you can take it out an try to blow it off looks like an infection the flesh is seperating from the skeleton. many ways to take care of that I myself would do a light h202 10-15 mins others may use iodine but you have what looks like cyano/dino aswell

Yeah I can take it out. How much H2O2 would you mix in with how much saltwater? Yes, I have a small bloom of amphidinium dinos that I am currently fighting, I let my NO3 and PO4 drop to 0. Any advise is welcome. Thank you!

 

[DrHollyW00D]

Maybe vermatid snail. I agree. Too small or blurry of pics
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I don't believe it's a vermetid snail as I am pretty familiar with how those look. I'll take a better picture today and post it.

 

[DrHollyW00D]

@DDenny @zuri Hope these are better. A local hobbyist recommended an iodine dip.

 

[Sharkbait19]

Looks like a vermetid to me. I had one in a similar spot on my blasto. Crush it, then put superglue or putty over the mouth to starve it.

 

[DDenny]

Looks like possible injury and the flesh as scraped off. Now you might have algae and or bacteria in there. If its algae then a little hydrogen peroxide on a Q-tip and lightly bush that are a then flush with fresh saltwater might help.

 

[zuri]

so I eyeball it h202 something like half a liter and 5 mls nothing drastic we just want to let it soak for 10 mins if someone else whos good with measurements you should be able to give you an exact but i like longer gentler dips so i watch the coral

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/peroxide-dipping-guidelines.705544/

 

[zuri]

@DDenny @zuri Hope these are better. A local hobbyist recommended an iodine dip.

iodine would be fine if you had no dinos but u need h202