Coral Hitchhiker?

[psott]

Just noticed this on some live rock, any idea what it is>? Kind of looks like a white sun coral. Seems to close up almost completely at night.

 

[Goaway]

That is a very interesting piece. Looks completely bleached. Can you feed it anything? Phyto, mysis?

 

[JayA]

I'm thinking a bleached clove polyp of some sort?

 

[Shon]

Kind of looks like..

https://www.researchgate.net/public...rsity_and_Ecology_of_Shallow_Water_Octocorals
Page 3 Fig1(D)

 

[Sharkbait19]

Actually, it looks like very tiny fragments of a lobophytum leather. What you see are the extended polyps, and that beige color is the natural look.

Here's a close-up of mine:

 

[psott]

I'll try to feed some reefroids tomorrow, its all closed up for the night. Not a great shot with the low light.

 

[psott]

So I feed some reef roids, seem to take it abit but I did make it wayyy too runny trying to only make a small batch. I'll try to remember to update in a few weeks when/if its bigger.

 

[psott]

Well it seems to be growing and I think there is some sort of other leather growing in right behind it.

 

[psott]

Here is one last update if anyone has been following. Definitely some sort of leather, looks a lot like a little toadstool or something.