Help what is this?

[Thomas Jedlicka]

Hi everybody. Spotted this thing on my rockwork today and have no idea what it is. Looks to have a base with small stems popping up out of it. I have no clover polyps in this tank and dip/inspect all of my corals. Ive never seen anything like this. Most similar corals to this would be zoa or goni in my tank but i dont know. Any thoughts?

 

[lapin]

Take a photo with white light.

 

[StartingATank]

Interesting. Maybe a Goni? Agree with needing whiter lights

 

[Tahoe61]

Looks like a soft coral similar to Sinularia, Colt, or Kenya Tree. Time will tell.

 

[Thomas Jedlicka]

Looks like a soft coral similar to Sinularia, Colt, or Kenya Tree. Time will tell.

I have a crown leather maybe could be that

 

[Baldyreef]

I second leather coral

 

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Most likely a crown leather baby if you already have one in the tank. They will sometimes shoot off babies if they get stressed or leave them behind as little pieces on rocks as they grow.

 

[Thomas Jedlicka]

Can confirm it is a baby crown leather now that time has passed. Was pedal laceration from the mother colony when I moved it

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Can confirm it is a baby crown leather now that time has passed. Was pedal laceration from the mother colony when I moved it

Pretty cool you have that in your tank!

 

[BryanM]

That is pretty nifty... I'd be happy if that happened in my tank, as long as it didn't propagate like nems.....

 

[Thomas Jedlicka]

Ive had the main colony for a year and only one baby, more than happy with that