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Ok I believe this is a birdsnest coral? But if you pay close attention to the top middle there is this arm

that comes up and grabs food then goes back down every few seconds is this just the corral eating or do I have some type of pest I know the corral started to bleach when I first got it but it has been improving please help tia
 

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Ok I believe this is a birdsnest coral? But if you pay close attention to the top middle there is this arm

that comes up and grabs food then goes back down every few seconds is this just the corral eating or do I have some type of pest I know the corral started to bleach when I first got it but it has been improving please help tia
Hard angle to ID from, since we're seeing the back of the creature in question, but it's clearly a filter feeder of some kind. From what I can see, I'd guess either a barnacle or a feather duster worm. Based on the one sudden movement you see at about 9 seconds in, I would guess it's a barnacle, but I can't say for sure based on the video.

Either way, barnacles and feather dusters would both be harmless in this case, so I wouldn't worry about either of them - they're neat hitchhikers.
 
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Hard angle to ID from, since we're seeing the back of the creature in question, but it's clearly a filter feeder of some kind. From what I can see, I'd guess either a barnacle or a feather duster worm. Based on the one sudden movement you see at about 9 seconds in, I would guess it's a barnacle, but I can't say for sure based on the video.

Either way, barnacles and feather dusters would both be harmless in this case, so I wouldn't worry about either of them - they're neat hitchhikers.
Thank you for putting me at ease
 
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it looks like its a barnacle, common hitchhiker, often seen them on hammers and torches
So coral RX won't killem?
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Big tip as the video is not loading for me.
Create a Youtube channel and up load your videos there then paste a link to your post.
It's the best way to post video content and reduces the burden on R2R.

I would say it's a feather duster. Harmless
 

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