Help with trumpet coral

[Tonii]

Good evening guys,

Can you guys ID what's growing in one of the heads. Sorry about the picture quality. Has been in the head of the coral for the last week.

 

[Shaddow_wolf169]

Have you tried to scrap it off?

 

[Tonii]

Have you tried to scrap it off?

No I haven't. Didn't know if that was going to make it worse.

 

[mcarroll]

Looks like it might be one or more barnacles. Shouldn't hurt anything....may or may not have survived the coral's transition from wild to domestic. It'll have a feathery appendage repeatedly fanning the water if it's alive. No worries if it's not alive tho.

 

[Shaddow_wolf169]

If it's not alive cut the head off to encourage growth

 

[Shaddow_wolf169]

That's not dead try to blow or scrap it off before it does starve the head

 

[Shaddow_wolf169]

Did it just all of a sudden appear? It might be the stomach of that polyp first check it close before you use a q tip to exam it.

 

[Tonii]

I tried to scrap it off but it appears that is part of the trumpet. It appeared about a week ago. When I tried to scrape it off it felt like it was tissue with bones.

 

[Shaddow_wolf169]

It's probably the inside mix a 50/50 bowl of tank and hydrogen peroxide let it set for 1 minutes incase it's bacteria. Only that head