something burrowed in my acro

[bfin3]

I have noticed something is burrowed in the side of one of my acros. It looks like it has cut a flap out for itself. It has antenna and looks like an earwig sort of. I looked around but can't seem to find anything matching this description does anyone know what it might be? The coral looks fine but I want to figure this out before it's a problem.

 

[ThorEffex]

Picture?

 

[vette.tech]

barnacle

 

[revaltion131]

+1 My bet is on a barnacle or other filter feeder, probably some type of worm. It's not uncommon for small bivalves to turn up as well. The coral will likely be unaffected and continue to grow up around the critter.

 

[bfin3]

Too small to get a picture with my garbage cameras. Will it reproduce?

 

[bfin3]

I just looked through some pictures of barnacled and that is not what I have. It's more insectlike. All I can see is the head and antennae but like I said it looks like an earwig.

 

[LobsterOfJustice]

vermetid snail?

 

[gdemos]

look up acro or monti eating nudibranch

 

[bfin3]

I don't think so. It's brown. It's big enough I could probably yank it out with tweezers

 

[imkelz]

Gall crab maybe? I had one in a brain coral once