Gulf Live Rock Hitchhiker ID

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Hey there, I just added some gulf live rock to my tank and am curious about these hitchhikers for my own knowledge! Can anyone help ID?

First thing is the translucent oval with tentacles/polyps extended on the lower left.

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Second up is this fuzzy orange ball looking thing in the center of the pic, and what is the translucent thing to the left of it?

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And lastly, this stalk looking thing with polyps growing out of it?

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Thanks for the ID's! Upon further inspection the first picture does seem like a nem of some sort. I don't think it's majano based on all the pics that came up when I googled it. Very cool
 

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I see a skeletal structure on the first pic. Not a nem.
 

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In the first pic, I see what looks like feeder tentacles surrounding a circular skeletal structure. The green stuff looks like macroalgae to me.
 

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Much better pic. Definitely some sort of coral. Not sure what it is. It's obviously not a trumpet, but the tentacles surrounding the mouth area kind of reminds me of one.
 

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The green stuff is definitely some kind of macroalgae, here is a different angle of the thing from the first picture.
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Caulerpa and dahlia or sebae anemone both from Atlantic
 

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Ridges on oral disc?
 

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This last pic looks like a brain coral with its feeder tentacles out. I received one on gulf rock that is thriving now.
 
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Providing a follow up here- the coral has colored up nicely and grown as well!
 

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