Parasite or something else ?

[Eddie7144]

Took this pic the other day, i got this torch frag a week ago on sunday. Looking at the picture i noticed a transparent thing sticking out of the coral. What is it ?

 

[Crabs McJones]

#reefsquad any ideas? I'm not sure

 

[TheAquarian]

Sponge?
That’s a odd one, can’t say I’ve seen it before.

 

[Eddie7144]

Sponge?
That’s a odd one, can’t say I’ve seen it before.

Idk, im thinkinh its a feeder tentacle or a parasite

 

[TheAquarian]

Does it retract if you touch it?
Dying macro that’s lost it’s chlorophyll?

 

[Eddie7144]

Honestly cant tell if it retrats but torch hasnt opened all the way in a week, it has looked this way since last sunday a week and 3 days

 

[TheAquarian]

I don’t see it in these pics

 

[Mikedawg]

Maybe a clear sponge? Some species use toxins, mucus, etc. to kill corals and then take over/grow on their skeletons - might explain why your torch has closed.

I would remove it if at all possible.

 

[Eddie7144]

Maybe a clear sponge? Some species use toxins, mucus, etc. to kill corals and then take over/grow on their skeletons - might explain why your torch has closed.

I would remove it if at all possible.[/QUOTE
Its not i the pic i took today

 

[S-t-r-e-t-c-h]

That's wild. Not sure exactly what it is, but I'd try manually removing it and see what happens.

If you twisted my arm, I'd say some sort of mucus tube from a worm of some sort, but 100% shot from the hip...