whats this on my zoa's?

[sp1187]

anyone know what this is and do I need to "fix" it and if so how?
please and thank you.

 

[nautical_nathaniel]

Almost looks like tube/micro feather duster worm tubes, to check that try touching them with your finger, if they are hard then they are tubes.

#reefsquad, any other thoughts?

 

[reef lover]

I agree looks like feather dusters.

 

[TheEngineer]

Huh. I’d guess feather dusters too. Do they move?

 

[sp1187]

they look like tube dusters, which I do have micro ones in the tank, but the ones on and around the zoas I don't see any feathers. no, they do not move.

 

[tupes]

If you shake the zoas in water do they fall off? I wouldn't imagine they could stay stuck to the zoas. You could use a scalpel and LIGHTLY scrape them off and wear safety glasses to protect your eyes from them squirting

 

[sp1187]

they don't fall off, but I was able to easily remove some just lightly rubbing it off. they don't appear to be bothering the zoas, when I'm not bothering them by removing the colony from the DT for a look see, and I'm hesitant to remove them with out knowing what they are. and there were a lot more on the scape where the frag plug was glued too.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]