omg, someking of purple really flat worm

[sanababit]

well guys, inspecting my tank like i do every day, i always noticed that my hammer coral had some purple corraline on tips, well thats what i tought anyways, well today after taking a really, really close look i saw that the purple corralline was actually moving from tip to tip of coral, this are purple in color and they have been there for at least 6 months, but until today i noticed this, heres a photo

look at the tips of the arms, you can see them, thay are really flat and move, should i take them out???


sana

[sanababit]

i could get a better picture if needed, the coral doesnt look stressed and nothing so far is infected with them

[greenbean36191]

No. They're harmless commensals.

[sanababit]

thanks green always helpfull, what are they, some kind of pod, worm??

[snorvich]

Nice picture.

[chris31]

if they have bein in there for 6 months and nothing has happend i would just leave it alone

[FOSELONE]

i dont see anything...

[sanababit]

look at the tips, they look like brown spots, they are off color, at least in my tank they look purple, in the photo they look brown

[greenbean36191]

They're acoel flatworms and they're common on lots of corals. They don't seem to do any harm. A google search for Waminoa should turn up lots of pics on other corals like mushrooms and bubble corals. I wouldn't trust that Waminoa is actually the name of these worms though, since the taxonomy of this group is a mess.

[sanababit]

thanks again green, i will leave them alone