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What is the unknown growth on my toadstool coral and is it harmful

LeedsReefer
LeedsReefer
@LeedsReefer · 12 hours ago

HELP

I walked into my fish room to see this on my toadstool today, what is this? Will it harm my coral, what should I do

HELP🚨‼️

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JosePanza's avatar @JosePanza 11h

Looks like a hermit crab

Parece un cangrejo hermitaño

LeedsReefer's avatar @LeedsReefer 11h

Above the hermit, the brown ish thing

JosePanza's avatar @JosePanza 11h

It could be brown algae. Try scraping a little, with extreme care

Podría ser alga marrón. Haz la prueba raspando un poco, con extremo cuidado

ZestyPine98's avatar @ZestyPine98 9h

Maybe baste it gently first.

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