Need help with bubble coral. Parasite?

[chrisphungg]

Parameters:
Ammonia/Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 10
pH 8.2

Inhabitants:
Juvie hippo tang
Juvie Naso tang
Juvie Yellow tang
Terias Anthias
Pair of clownfish
2 Fire red shrimp
2 Skunk cleaners
Various clean up crew members (Red Scarlet hermits, Trochus, Nassarius, Margarita)

Last thing added to the tank was the Naso tang about 2 weeks ago.

[WarDog]

I'd just grab some tweezers and a razor blade and have at 'er.

[chrisphungg]

I'm afraid of damaging the coral, I do see a lot of little orange heads trying to poke out of the coral though. Would you recommend a coral dip?

[Dearth]

Originally Posted by chrisphungg

I'm afraid of damaging the coral, I do see a lot of little orange heads trying to poke out of the coral though. Would you recommend a coral dip?

As Wardog said take tweezers and a knife to it dig it out only way to be sure what it is. It may come out just with tweezers too

[WarDog]

Originally Posted by chrisphungg

Would you recommend a coral dip?

If you can easily remove the coral, then yes. However, a hydrogen peroxide dip might be more effective.

[smokinreefer]

So what was the culprit?

[chrisphungg]

I cut open the 2 polyps that had the orange spots because after I picked up the coral, the polyp that was deflated vanished. After I cut open the polyps I saw the orange dot move around. Once I cut the whole bigger, the orange dot vanished. I did a coral RX dip and nothing came out of the coral. Still wondering what it was or if it's even anything but my coral today is looking very happy.