What is this on my Acan Lord?

[Scottrshoe]

My Acan Lord has been very ticked off the last couple of days... Today it is completely withdrawn into its skeleton and I notice something attached to the outer edges...any ideas what it is, and could this be what is upsetting the Acan? (Micromussa?)

 

[mermaid_life]

Vertimid snails. They need to be removed. They're irritating your coral

 

[Scottrshoe]

Vertimid snails. They need to be removed. They're irritating your coral

I have some long forceps, can I just remove them manually, or do I need to pull the coral and dip it?

 

[mermaid_life]

I have some long forceps, can I just remove them manually, or do I need to pull the coral and dip it?

Manual removal - They will take some prying to get off. Make sure you get it all because the snail lives at the base and can actually just rebuild it's tube. Dips aren't usually effective for these.

 

[Scottrshoe]

OK. I had to pull the coral out to get to the snails. I think I got them all off. I reglued the Acan in it's place...hopefully it will recover now. @mermaid_life Thanks for your help.