Coral ID

[OscarGuyGoneNano]

I was rearranging some of my corals and lr this morning and found this guy growing out of a piece of lr rubble in a pretty low light area of my tank. Any Ideas on what it is?? There is two more starting to grow out of the same rock. I moved it up where it can get a little more light (and it can be seen).

[p.o.t.u.s]

can you get a better pic...it's really hard to see

[p.o.t.u.s]

btw, you're talking about that little pink thingie in the front, right?

[OscarGuyGoneNano]

Yup the pink one in front. I'll kill some of the lights and see if I can get a better pic.

[OscarGuyGoneNano]

This one is a little better. Cheap camera is having a hard time focusing on it. It is pink / purple with small white polyps. It appears to be some sort of soft coral but not real shure. Not bad for a hitch hiker though!!!!!!!!

[Undertheradar]

I think it might be a sponge...hard to tell w/o a macro shot.

[OscarGuyGoneNano]

I thought it was some sort of sponge at first too but it has polyps that it expands and contracts.

I'll try to get a better shot (not mutch of a photographerrr)

[Prunfarm]

Looks like a "carnation" coral; a non-photosynthetic softie. I'd put it back where it was if it was doing so well there.

[NCNBilly]

Dendronepthya, VERY difficult to keep - need to feed live phyto, and their survival rate is not very good. I agree with prunfarm - put the rock back. IME they tend not to like light, although some will tell you they are indifferent.