I found this growing on my green star polyps. Need help
What are these ??
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Looks like it may be coral boring spionid worms:
Coral Boring Spionid Worms -- an ugly bane to SPS
This is not something I've ever seen before. They are extremely ugly. Mar the appearance of SPS. This is on a "Beach Bum" encrusting montipora. I would take aphasia or even montipora eating nudibranchs over this crap. I've beat those with hard work. Not sure how to eliminate these without...
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Can they bore into soft coral?Looks like it may be coral boring spionid worms:
Coral Boring Spionid Worms -- an ugly bane to SPS
This is not something I've ever seen before. They are extremely ugly. Mar the appearance of SPS. This is on a "Beach Bum" encrusting montipora. I would take aphasia or even montipora eating nudibranchs over this crap. I've beat those with hard work. Not sure how to eliminate these without...
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I honestly don’t know. I would imagine so, but I can’t find any studies to verify it (soft corals aren’t reef building, so they’re not likely to be studied in connection with bioeroders like coral boring worms) - that said, if these are boring Spionids, I’d guess they’re probably boring into the rock/frag plug underneath and just popping up through the coral rather than living in the coral itself.
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