What’s this on my leather?

[Sharkbait19]

My leather has been closed up for about a day. This morning I found this on one of the heads.

What is this? A hydroid? Whatever it is it doesn’t look particularly friendly....
How should I go about removing it?

 

[redfishbluefish]

@KJ , #reefsquad could help to identify.

 

[Sharkbait19]

Found another one

 

[duberii]

Could be a syllid worm- i believe they eat the host coral. No idea how to remove it- maybe somebody else can help with that

 

[Sharkbait19]

Could be a syllid worm- i believe they eat the host coral. No idea how to remove it- maybe somebody else can help with that

Maybe, though I don't really see much that is "worm-like" about them. They seem more like tiny hair-like protrusions, with ball-shaped appendages (hard to capture in a photograph).

 

[redfishbluefish]

I'm going to guess.....and it is a guess.....some type of hydroid. Maybe Halopteris diaphana or Zanclea

 

[duberii]

Yeah my next guess would be some type of hydroid

 

[Sharkbait19]

How should I remove them? Just pluck em off? Are they easy to control?

 

[KJ]

Hydroid.

 

[Sharkbait19]

It just opened so doesn’t seem too bugged by the hydroids. I definitely want to get rid of them though before they move to other places...