Does anyone know what this white strings on the calcium body of my hammer are? Should I be worried and if so how should I remove them?
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@singwithmylife
19d
Do you have any snails? Also, have you asked Google?
@Budgt.Media
19d
Two turbo and two trochus snails. They appear to be leaving it alone completely. I also have a purple urchin also does not touch the white strings.
@singwithmylife
19d
Are they hard? If you scrape at them, do they come off? They kinda look like a colony of vermetid snails.
@Budgt.Media
19d
My plan was to pull it out and try scraping them off. They appear to be rigid. They extend off the body like hair.
@singwithmylife
19d
Yeah, I bet vermetid snails. If they are, they’ll eventually piss off your coral and spread all over the tank. Get some bumblebee snails in there. And smash as many of the casings as you can right before you add the bumblebees. 
@Budgt.Media
19d
Will do I appreciate the knowledge I’m new to all this and there’s a ton to learn.
@singwithmylife
19d
Agree and 90% of the time everyone will have a different opinion of what to do and how to fix it. 🥴 And you can be doing it completely right and it will still crash occasionally for no apparent reason because the ocean is crazy. 🤦🏼♀️ Just keep asking and learning! It’s worth the effort! This is a great community for that! Most refers who stay in the hobby have crashed their share of tanks before keeping them going for any substantial amount of time! 😂😭💔
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Check if they retract first.
The coral appears unaffected they have been on there for a month at least and it opens and closes everyday like normal even eats when fed. Started as just one and now hundreds. The white strings do not appear to move or change depending on time of day or light.