Help save my Trachyphyllia!

[Coidy92]

Hi,
Yesterday I noticed my trachyphyllia wasn't doing to well, everything seemed to be okay until yesterday I noticed it was either bleaching or showing skeleton. I moved it too a lower light and lower flow area of the tank so see if this helped as it had been sat in my sand below an MP10. Today however I would say it looks worse, there seems to be a stringy looking substance attached to it and I've just noticed something attached to the plug I hadn't seen before today. I'm not sure if it's aptasia or another pest. There's also what I think is a feather duster attached to the plug but I don't think this would cause any problems. Any help would be appreciated. I've put images below of the coral when it looked health, how it looks now and the pests.

( This was the coral looking healthy a few days ago)

(This is the coral today)

( Aptyasia? It's black in colour and it has two long tentacles and when it fully comes out a few tiny tenticles)

(Feather Duster Worm)

 

[ahiggins]

Thats weird looking

 

[bios]

Not aiptasia for sure
I will say a brittle star
But the real problem is the tracky tissue above it .it seem a bacterias infection could you post better pics of the tissue

 

[Coidy92]

When I try to remove it with tongs it retracts into the plug

 

[ahiggins]

I wonder....it looks like a mojano sorta. But that doesnt account for the second polypy looking thing beside it.

 

[ahiggins]

Can you try to superglue it? let it retract and then just superglue the hole it comes out of.
Thats how I take care of aiptasias in my frags.

 

[Coidy92]

 

[Lionfish Lair]

I wonder....it looks like a mojano sorta. But that doesnt account for the second polypy looking thing beside it.

Are you talking about the last picture? That's a feather duster.

 

[Coidy92]

What's the best course of action if it's a bacterial infection? Iodine dip? And could this effect other corals and fish

 

[Coidy92]

Are you talking about the last picture? That's a feather duster.

I'm not that bothered about the feather duster it's the black tentacle thing I was worried about and the dire looking tracky.

 

[bios]

@Sabellafella will help you

 

[Rybren]

Pretty sure that the black tentacle thing is a micro brittle star.

 

[Coidy92]

Pretty sure that the black tentacle thing is a micro brittle star.

Nothing to worry about then?

 

[Tgrove]

Mine looked like that before i lost it. My clown was trying to host it and it was gone in a week. Now the little ******* is doing it to one of my brains.

 

[Coidy92]

I'm hoping I can stop it before that happens, haven't seen anything pester it and all my parameters are good. Any ideas on what I can do.

 

[Rybren]

Nothing to worry about then?

Nope, a beneficial hitch-hiker. You will likely end up with quite a few in your tank.