White "cotton" ball at mouth of wall hammer?

elmatth1

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Hey, guys, need some help. I've got a purple wall hammer that has recently gotten some sort of white growth of some type coming from the middle of it and I can't figure out what it is. It's kind round in shape and looks kinda like a small cotton ball or something, but is not soft like cotton. I tried to move it off, thinking it was just something that had landed on the coral, but it seems to be attached or coming from the mouth of the hammer. Any ideas as to what it could be? It seems to be healthy otherwise, so idk.

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Ok, i'm impatient so I pulled the white ball off to inspect and disect it! LOL It was attached by a thin white string. When I opened it, it was filled with a brown poop like substance. Smelled awful, too.
 
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