White filaments all over hammer skeleton?

[ebeltran]

I noticed a white hairy covering on this torches skeleton just now. This torch has been through the wringer recently: where I originally planted it it was getting stung by torches, then when I moved it, a leather reached out to do the same. So now he’s been on the sand for a couple weeks. Is this a bug, or maybe scarring from all the stinging?

In the tank

Gave it a dip

These bugs came off, might just be bristle worm babies, which I’m aware I have in the tank and typically don’t cause issues.

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

The white things are most likely tube worms or a form of sponge. The "bristleworm babies" are amphipods.

 

[ebeltran]

Is it typical for the tube worms to be so dense? Ok for the coral?

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Is it typical for the tube worms to be so dense? Ok for the coral?

They are harmless