Is this a pest on my candy cane?

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These 2 dark specks have been on my CC since I got them. I did a coralrx dip treatment a few weeks ago but there's no change in appearance. It almost looks like the specks have tiny tentacles or maybe a web. Any suggestions if this is a problem would be greatly appreciated!

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These 2 dark specks have been on my CC since I got them. I did a coralrx dip treatment a few weeks ago but there's no change in appearance. It almost looks like the specks have tiny tentacles or maybe a web. Any suggestions if this is a problem would be greatly appreciated!

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Hi, can I ask you to post photo from the top?
Never seen anything like this, but it remind me the CC tissue to be pinched by vermetid snail, as I don't see the tubes can't confirm. something else can be if isn't moving anything in/on this place, can be damaged the tissue and somehow algae to grow up there, and for the coral to be hard to heal that place. I have 1 Fungia plate coral, and I took it to rescue it, the tissue was damaged on many place, but left one only and it keep regrowing hair algae (or something like) the coral very slow heal this particular area.
 
These 2 dark specks have been on my CC since I got them. I did a coralrx dip treatment a few weeks ago but there's no change in appearance. It almost looks like the specks have tiny tentacles or maybe a web. Any suggestions if this is a problem would be greatly appreciated!

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Pic isn’t clear but your description sounds like it could be vermetid snails. Maybe the tubes are under the corals flesh.
 
It's better to take more photos under different angles and is it there something else coming out instead of the tentacles? mucus or something ?
 
Can I ask you please for longer video, under white light?
And is it retracting in at some point if you shade over it, or it remain always like that ? (which will give me the answer)
ONLY White I mean (if you can)
 
It's better to take more photos under different angles and is it there something else coming out instead of the tentacles? mucus or something ?
Understood thanks for the response! During feeding time it does seem to potentially have some mucus. During feeding time while the candy cane's tentacles are out is looks very similar and the tentacles or web seem to extend further when there is food also
 
that's od, isn't vermetid snail for sure, it look like spaghetti worm that way and from the description, but it can't be there.
A can you shade it by hand, ot touch it very gently with something, is it retracting ? That's important :)
 
Can I ask you please for longer video, under white light?
And is it retracting in at some point if you shade over it, or it remain always like that ? (which will give me the answer)
ONLY White I mean (if you can)
Yes sir and thank you. Yes, it the tentacle looking things do extend and retract. During feeding time it gets extended about an inch out and starts to look more web like
 
Yes sir and thank you. Yes, it the tentacle looking things do extend and retract. During feeding time it gets extended about an inch out and starts to look more web like
 

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Give me a minute please have to watch it different way the video, because it look like vermetid here.
 



It look like the head from vermetid snail, which I never saw before to come out from the coral tissue that way
The upper tube in the video I'm talking about
 
Hi, can I ask you to post photo from the top?
Never seen anything like this, but it remind me the CC tissue to be pinched by vermetid snail, as I don't see the tubes can't confirm. something else can be if isn't moving anything in/on this place, can be damaged the tissue and somehow algae to grow up there, and for the coral to be hard to heal that place. I have 1 Fungia plate coral, and I took it to rescue it, the tissue was damaged on many place, but left one only and it keep regrowing hair algae (or something like) the coral very slow heal this particular area.
Absolutely! This is the first time I've seen this much stringy looking stuff going into the CC's mouth

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And if it's, I'm not completely sure how to take it off.
Can you take a photo under the tissue (on the bottom side of the CC, the stalk is it something tube like onit ?
 
And if it's, I'm not completely sure how to take it off.
Can you take a photo under the tissue (on the bottom side of the CC, the stalk is it something tube like onit ?
I'm not seeing any tubes on the stalk 1 web like strand on it. I used a tool to lightly touch it and it felt solid with no retraction

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that's od, isn't vermetid snail for sure, it look like spaghetti worm that way and from the description, but it can't be there.
A can you shade it by hand, ot touch it very gently with something, is it retracting ? That's important :)
0 retraction after touching it heres a video sry for the shaky hands lol
 

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And if it's, I'm not completely sure how to take it off.
Can you take a photo under the tissue (on the bottom side of the CC, the stalk is it something tube like onit ?
I should mention though that they definitely seem to extend during feeding. My LFS guys aren't sure what it is or what to do with it. It's seemed to have grown, vermatid have been introduced to my tank from the live rock. I'm ready to go on super glue but it's in the corals flesh as you mentioned. Is there any possibility that this is the skeleton protruding from idk a laceration and the stringy stuff poorly damaged sweeper tentacles? Is it completely out of the question to go in with some tweezers but you've seen my shaky camera hands might do more harm than good!
 
Is this aiptasia? I read this online:

"Often times arrive as tiny babies hiding in rock crevices, under coral flesh where we can't see them etc. Super tough to kill, they survive most attempts to eradicate them with dips etc. ! Depending on the light over their tank Aiptasia can look dark brown to almost clear in color. They can also extend & look long or you may see just tentacles that may look like hairs"
 
ok, you have 2 ways I think, if isn't retracting at all, can be just algae, which harm the CC when it feed and extend the tentacles, and the mucus to be from the CC.
if you wish, but you have to be very careful:
1. take eyelashes tweezers (it's flat) and try to reach the coral tissue and grab the think, pull it out, probably the CC will heal it self. (or someone else more precise can do it for you ?) Just don't push too much in the tissue to grab more, and that way to damage the CC.
2. not sure how you can use the super glue, if you can or someone ole for you: spill a bit of liquid super glue on a glass or something with hard surface (like a porcelain dish, to can scrub it later to clean it), with needle take small amount and taking the CC out of the water, put some glue in the hole, do that few times until you see everything in the hole is sealed, no the hole to be completely filled with glue. I'm not sure can it overgrow it later on but for sure will eradicate the CC for a while, after the coral isn't going to be bothered about.

If I'm I'll go with option 1 and later the CC will heal the area.
Just whatever you do, be careful.
If isn't retracting at all isn't vermetid, or any worm/snail in, it's more like hair algae grow on the skeleton (the upper side), when at some point the CC is damaged (dropped on the bottom, or hitted/scratched by hard object - turbo snail snail, LR moved near it (that's examples)
 
Is this aiptasia? I read this online:

"Often times arrive as tiny babies hiding in rock crevices, under coral flesh where we can't see them etc. Super tough to kill, they survive most attempts to eradicate them with dips etc. ! Depending on the light over their tank Aiptasia can look dark brown to almost clear in color. They can also extend & look long or you may see just tentacles that may look like hairs"
can't be aiptasia there, the CC will be dead long ago (or at least the particular head )
 

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