Geraud

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Hi guys,

A couple of months ago, I noticed that a Stylophora I have in my tank had some sort of "gravel house" built on it. I assume it is a worm, but I left all options open in terms of identification.

I used fine tweezers to remove the newly created "house" which appears to be a mix of my gravel and of mucus. Its diameter is about 3mm. The coral was bleached underneath, but tissue came back pretty fast.

However I did not manage to kill the animal, as it was able to rebuild over and over again, till it apparently disappeared.

But it made a come back last week right in the middle of a zoa colony, and appears to irritate it. (polyps are not opening, a couple have died).

Does anyone have any experience with something similar? And is there a way to remove it completely?

Thank you.
 

Geraud

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There we go, you can see it to the center-right of the image, it is oriented vertically on the picture.
 

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