Pest on a hammer coral?

[ericrodriguez]

Good evening everyone!!! Anyone knows what this is...just saw it on the hammer and was not there yesterday...

 

[ericrodriguez]

No one has an idea?? Please

 

[Haus]

No idea. Does it move? Is the hammer opening fully?

 

[MadReefer]

Looks like an algae growth but hard to tell.
See if its gets bigger or if a hole starts to form.

 

[DangerDave]

It looks like it could be a couple things, but pics are hard to tell. We need more info.

Has it moved?
What is the movement like?
Is it hard or soft?
Can you get more pics?

Just going by pics above, it kinda looks like the beginning of a vermatid snail growing (I've never seen one start in the middle of live flesh). Was it there alreadyand the flesh grew around it?

It also looks like a flat worm kinda, and could be EEFW.

 

[ericrodriguez]

Thanks guys I’ll definitely keep an eye on it... I touch it last night and it was hard.. like a shelf

 

[ericrodriguez]

The tank light up around 2:00 I’ll take more pictures then and I think that it got there a few days ago. But last night was first night I saw it.

 

[ericrodriguez]

Thanks for the help!!

 

[DangerDave]

If it’s hard I think it’s a vermatid snail. I would take a pair of bone cutters and snip at the shell to break it. If you have peppermints in your tank they’ll clean it out....

 

[ericrodriguez]

thanks
Going to do so!!!