What is this on my torch coral?

[gibes]

hi all, im super beginner with all these reef tank.
I just bought this coral and saw this thing, something hairy popping out and in inside its ?tube like thing.
I wonder if this a parasite?
Will it be harmful to my coral?

 

[ScottieB]

Welcome! That looks like a little tube worm. A harmless filter feeder. Especially if you touch the feather part and it retracts into the tube.

If it really bother you you can pop it off the base of the coral but I think it’s harmless.

 

[DarkSky]

What ScottieB said - a harmless and helpful filter feeder.

 

[FindingPonyo]

I agree with above

 

[gibes]

Ah! Glad to know that! Thank

 

[S.Pepper]

Welcome to R2R, gibes.