Coral ID (or maybe it’s an alien planning on killing me in my sleep)

[Clydethenewf]

Could someone help me ID this (and let me know if ok or bad)? Came on live rock. Looked like a dead cluster of dried coral mouths, but have started sending out more and more (and longer) tentacles. Not aiptasia, as it doesn’t seem able to move around. They are clustered just below a mollusk on the live rock. Been 6 months that it’s went from looking like dead, to current state.

 

[dvgyfresh]

Kinda looks like a dendro or sun coral NPS

 

[sixty_reefer]

That’s a really good looking coral, do you know if it has a skeleton?

 

[Clydethenewf]

With fish for size reference.

 

[Clydethenewf]

That’s a really good looking coral, do you know if it has a skeleton?

When rock arrived, just had 4 circles with lines radiated from center and a slit that I now assume to be it’s mouth.

 

[Clydethenewf]

When rock arrived, just had 4 circles with lines radiated from center and a slit that I now assume to be it’s mouth.

And those seemed to be hard/calcified.

 

[sixty_reefer]

And those seemed to be hard/calcified.

Those are definitely dendros if I recall correctly the one you got are quite rare to get

 

[sixty_reefer]

Probably this one

Rare Solitary Balanophyllia video | Reef Builders | The Reef and Saltwater Aquarium Blog

Ok so solitary corals may not be the most exciting marine life to videotape but if youve never seen them these Australian Balanophyllia are very cool. This is a non-photosynthetic stony coral which…

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[Clydethenewf]

Probably this one

Rare Solitary Balanophyllia video | Reef Builders | The Reef and Saltwater Aquarium Blog

Ok so solitary corals may not be the most exciting marine life to videotape but if youve never seen them these Australian Balanophyllia are very cool. This is a non-photosynthetic stony coral which…

reefbuilders.com

Thank you so much for the quick reply!

 

[Clydethenewf]

Kinda looks like a dendro or sun coral NPS

Thank you for quick reply!

 

[dvgyfresh]

Thank you for quick reply!

Got ya , did you get gulf live rock? It’s what I had purchased and I have a small colony on left side of rock but yours is much bigger and nice