whot the dam is this thing?

[johnj]

iv had few problems with my firework cloves opening all way and looked like some had like white on ends of tips and shrunk little! But before I went to bed the other day I looked at cloves for 1st time after lights out because normally they all but few shut up hour after lights out!

I noticed this thing stuck around polyp head! I just tried to blow off with turkey baster but no good! so got some tweezers and pulled it off with a little effort as really hard attached to polyp

was 2 of these things!

whot are they and are these wy my cloves was not opening proper and doing little damage to them!

 

[fishguy242]

hi,looks like a type of sponge?

 

[johnj]

don't know as when pulled out tank and put onto surface to take pic! showing underneath of the thing! it like puffed up little and moved little!

 

[vetteguy53081]

One looks like a mollusk and the other- leopard flatworm
Discard and if you see others, remove by hand or siphon
They’re more under category of nuisance than killers

 

[johnj]

One looks like a mollusk and the other- leopard flatworm
Discard and if you see others, remove by hand or siphon
They’re more under category of nuisance than killers

thanks for reply" so flatworm don't really kill all your corals ? sorry will have to look into flatworms!

 

[vetteguy53081]

thanks for reply" so flatworm don't really kill all your corals ? sorry will have to look into flatworms!

Certain ones will such as red planarian and acro eating flatworm (AEFW)

 

[Pkunk35]

Third pic looks like Stomatella but they move fast, I’m sure you would notice? Does it have a mottled type of shell and snail like body?

 

[johnj]

Third pic looks like Stomatella but they move fast, I’m sure you would notice? Does it have a mottled type of shell and snail like body?

just looked at pics of those and very much like this pic of net but could not see the 2 front tentacles on the ones I removed! Have noticed number of tiny like white snails like 2 times size of grain of sugar on front class over the last few weeks! maybe young ones of these I removed