Thing on hammer coral

[dangit]

Anybody know what this thing on my hammer coral is?

 

[slingfox]

I am pretty sure those are flatworms. You want to remove those ASAP. You should scrape everything since you need to get rid of the flatworms as well as their very small eggs. If you have other hammer/frogspawn/torches those need to also be thoroughly checked. I recently purchased one of those dental scalers on Amazon to do the scraping more efficiently.

 

[officialreefbros]

Does it move?

 

[resortez]

I am pretty sure those are flatworms. You want to remove those ASAP. You should scrape everything since you need to get rid of the flatworms as well as their very small eggs. If you have other hammer/frogspawn/torches those need to also be thoroughly checked. I recently purchased one of those dental scalers on Amazon to do the scraping more efficiently.

Second this. If I’m doubt, kick it out. Scrape off anything that can potentially look like an infection & deep it. My suggestion is to not even run the gamble.

 

[dangit]

Does it move?

Just noticed today… I see it moving in the current but have not seen it actually move yet… will continue monitoring but will scrape it off later tonight either way

 

[dangit]

Does this coming out the bottom of my frag look like a flatworm?I know the pictures are horrible I can’t get good ones bc it’s so small but it looks to be coming out of a white tube that is underneath the frag plug

 

[dangit]

Does this coming out the bottom of my frag look like a flatworm?I know the pictures are horrible I can’t get good ones bc it’s so small but it looks to be coming out of a white tube that is underneath the frag plug

I see it pulling back into its white cocoon looking thing every now and then

 

[DrkNMighty]

Does this coming out the bottom of my frag look like a flatworm?I know the pictures are horrible I can’t get good ones bc it’s so small but it looks to be coming out of a white tube that is underneath the frag plug

Hard to tell from pictures but that sounds like a feather duster.

 

[dangit]

Hard to tell from pictures but that sounds like a feather duster.

Thanks you may be right based on what I just looked up… thanks for your knowledge

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Thanks you may be right based on what I just looked up… thanks for your knowledge

In your original picture, the white tube with the red fringe on top is also a feather duster worm.

As others have said, if you suspect the larger thing is a flatworm, take the frag out of the tank and remove any flatworms with tweezers or something similar. You will still need to worry about eggs, but it's best to catch the obvious ones when you can.