Feather duster/fan worm?

[Passedyouby]

Hi everyone! Best photo i can capture. These suckers have been growing on my coral and i cannt get rid of them! Every time i go near with tweezers they disappear and make me feel like a fool! Theres only these two, but they have grown a lot of the last two weeks and it looks like they are starting to upset my coral.

What are they and how to i remove? Coral is WAY over super glued in place, but i will get aggressive if needed!

Thanks all!

 

[homer1475]

Only thing i see is a barnacle on the lower circle. Don't see anything in the other upper circle.

 

[Passedyouby]

Only thing i see is a barnacle on the lower circle. Don't see anything in the other upper circle.

Haha okay i get the hint, my glass is dirty! i pull ed d out the windex and snapped another photo, then for good measure i decided to test the waterproof factor of the galaxy S8+ and submerged my phone 20in underwater to take another pic!! The phone survived, but surprisingly the pictures sucked, and the frustrating little critter retracted back into itself!

New pic from outside:

Underwater phone killer pic (looks like crap and nothing to see, but still funny)

 

[KJ]

New pic from outside:

Coral barnacle.

 

[Passedyouby]

Coral barnacle.

Hmm+ noone seems worried abiut them, but it looks like they are harming my coral. Suggestions?

 

[BranchingHammer]

I think both are feather duster worms... just my 0.02.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Hmm+ noone seems worried abiut them, but it looks like they are harming my coral. Suggestions?

A little dab of gel superglue over the top of it

 

[Passedyouby]

Thanks guys! I will pull the coral, try to remove whatever it is, then superglue the invader in place. Cheers!

 

[BranchingHammer]

I don’t see any harm with leaving the worm as long as it isn‘t irritating the coral.

 

[Passedyouby]

I don’t see any harm with leaving the worm as long as it isn‘t irritating the coral.

The polyp nearest is closed up most days. Figuted that was a bad sign

 

[BranchingHammer]

I see your point, superglue would work fine.