FishyFishFish
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I have just seen a small hitchhiker on the stem of my torch coral, in its holding tank; unfortunately I am not sure what it is and I can't get a useable photo.
It looks a little bit like a fanworm but I don't think it is. It only has about 5 tentacles and it retracts all the way into the coral when disturbed. It doesn't look quite like the pictures I have seen of Aiptasia but I guess it could be, it could also be a hydroid or something else entirely. It doesn't have much of a 'head' (just the stalk and tentacles) but is tiny so hard to see clearly; injecting into it with anything would be impossible.
Whilst it could be harmless, as I am nut sure what it is I want to remove it before I move it to the display tank. Is there a universal method for removing things like this? I was thinking of covering it in kalkwasser but I not sure if that kills everything or if it would damage the torch.
Any suggestion would be appreciated.
It looks a little bit like a fanworm but I don't think it is. It only has about 5 tentacles and it retracts all the way into the coral when disturbed. It doesn't look quite like the pictures I have seen of Aiptasia but I guess it could be, it could also be a hydroid or something else entirely. It doesn't have much of a 'head' (just the stalk and tentacles) but is tiny so hard to see clearly; injecting into it with anything would be impossible.
Whilst it could be harmless, as I am nut sure what it is I want to remove it before I move it to the display tank. Is there a universal method for removing things like this? I was thinking of covering it in kalkwasser but I not sure if that kills everything or if it would damage the torch.
Any suggestion would be appreciated.
