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If that's a clove or star you might not want it, they can take over a tank. I've had to cut mine back 3 times in a yr. Can't get rid of it because the wife loves it.
How many 'tentacles' does it have per polyp?
Great, then you can be very sure that it's an octocoral , I think the next thing to check is if the polyps emerge from a flat .. mat, rather than tubes hidden in the rock, ruling out pipe organ , beyond that, I don't know how to distinguish with certainty which you have , but the proportions look like the basic Xenia which I have , pinkish brown ,not pulsing, no main stalk etc.It has 8 per polyp with a feathered appearance on the more mature ones
Great, then you can be very sure that it's an octocoral , I think the next thing to check is if the polyps emerge from a flat .. mat, rather than tubes hidden in the rock, ruling out pipe organ , beyond that, I don't know how to distinguish with certainty which you have , but the proportions look like the basic Xenia which I have , pinkish brown ,not pulsing, no main stalk etc.
If your tank isn't difficult to access , it's not a hard critter to handle Imo n I'd consider it fortuitous and observe it to evaluate your tank conditions.
It should be interesting to see how it develops.I can't see down into the rock all that well but I can see that all the stalks are growing out from one large base "tube".
And so far they seem to be doing great! The stalks that already had "tentacles" during the transport look pretty ragged and non uniform, but the new stalks are growing steadily and look a lot better