Hitchhiker ID Please?

[banasophia]

Hi! Just picked up a few new corals including this candy cane. It was really happy and fluffed up when I picked it out so I couldn’t see the base. Just looked at it and discovered these red things on it. They are not moving and they are hard. Any idea what they are? 

[banasophia]

Sorry, not sure why this posted twice. Please use THIS ONE to reply. Thanks so much!!! 

[patback]

Foramineferans. 

[banasophia]

8 minutes ago, patback said:

Foramineferans. 

Thanks! Should I try to remove them?

[patback]

15 minutes ago, banasophia said:

Thanks! Should I try to remove them?

They aren't harmful to anything. Basically like coraline in terms of good/bad attributes. I personally leave them unless they grow on equipment. 

[banasophia]

8 minutes ago, patback said:

They aren't harmful to anything. Basically like coraline in terms of good/bad attributes. I personally leave them unless they grow on equipment. 

Okay thanks so much!

[Firefish15]

Taken from the sticky in this forum page:

 

Foraminiferans: HARMLESS

These are really interesting things. Often miss labeled as corals, or sponges these animals actually are one of the oldest forms of life on Earth. Pretty amazing and very common in our tanks. I see those white looking disk ones all the time, and the red ones are really beautiful.

[banasophia]

12 hours ago, Firefish15 said:

Taken from the sticky in this forum page:

 

Foraminiferans: HARMLESS

These are really interesting things. Often miss labeled as corals, or sponges these animals actually are one of the oldest forms of life on Earth. Pretty amazing and very common in our tanks. I see those white looking disk ones all the time, and the red ones are really beautiful.

Thanks so much, very interesting!