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crizq0
07/30/2007, 06:26 PM
What kind of coral is this or is it even a coral. I had it as a hitchhiker on my live rock as a single branch and now its grown into a colony. There's a zoanthid there for a size reference.

The skeleton is a bit flexible and not stiff like a stony coral. Kind of like catilage. The red polyps?? doesn't retract when i touch it.

any ideas?

Some one told me it might be some type of gorgonian.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b332/crizq0/DSC_0075.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b332/crizq0/untitled.jpg

Justin74
07/31/2007, 02:02 AM
Nothing Ive seen before! My guesses range from macro algae to sponge or tunicate. First glance it really looks like a really red birdsnest!
If there not retracting it's not a polyp though, even gorgonians retract.

-Justin

Oldude
07/31/2007, 07:04 PM
I've never seen that before but I highly doubt it's sps. It looks more like pipe cleaners to me than coral. Perhaps a macro algae of sorts

wentreefgirl
08/12/2007, 11:49 AM
Have you tried cutting it. Is it hard. If you touch it does the fuzz retract?

bwest
08/18/2007, 06:26 PM
My guess would be some type of macro algae

PosinSeaUrchin
08/22/2007, 02:11 PM
wow i got that same thing in my tank