Worm ID on Zoanthid?

[JBReefer23]

Wondering what this worm might be? It lives inside the Zoa and comes out to filter feed? and than recedes back.
Seems to slightly close the surrounding Zoa polyps.

 

[crazyfishmom]

I am wondering if that’s the slime film from a vermitid snail. Do you see a hard shell under the zoa blanket?

 

[JBReefer23]

Um, no hard shell that I can see. I do have vermitid snails. Although this seems different in that it not really a "web" that vermited snails cast out?

 

[Goaway]

Digitate hydroid. Might wanna try and remove it with tweezers.

 

[JBReefer23]

Digitate hydroid. Might wanna try and remove it with tweezers.

Yes! Thank you. Indeed it is a Digitate hydroid. It may be a challenge to remove w/ tweezers. Would Revive Coral Cleaner or something similar perhaps destroy this critter. Thinking I should take out the zoa still on the plug and use Revive Coral Cleaner?

 

[crazyfishmom]

Yes! Thank you. Indeed it is a Digitate hydroid. It may be a challenge to remove w/ tweezers. Would Revive Coral Cleaner or something similar perhaps destroy this critter. Thinking I should take out the zoa still on the plug and use Revive Coral Cleaner?

Peroxide dip should do it.

 

[JBReefer23]

Peroxide dip should do it.

Thanks, will look into Peroxide dip!

 

[Reefkeepers Archive]

Digitate hydroids, some say harmful but unless they're irritating the zoas around them they're harmless