Hitchhikers on Gulf Live Rock???

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About 20 pounds of live rock arrived at my door today to seed my new 50 gal reef. Lots of goodies attached! I put everything in a quarentine tank and took pictures right away so I know everything is angry (and blurry)in the photos...the questions; what are they and which ones are dead for good and what can I do to bring them back if they are alive??? ID please! Thanks:)
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Photo #3 looks like a completely dead coral on the top right, probably an euphyllia.
Photo #6 is a sponge, will probably survive for the time being, assuming there is plenty of silicates in the water with it being a new tank and all.
 

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I ordered from GLR and had a lot of the same stuff you have.
The bivalve there in #4 will be tough to keep alive, but if you want to make sure you keep an eye on ammonia and nitrite, etc.
The yellow sponge #6 is still alive 6 months later.
Looks like a fish skeleton fused with the rock in #3 :p
 

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#1 Cladocora arbuscula might still be alive
#2 and #5 Siderastria radians or Favia fragum look dead
#3 Manicina Caribbean Rose Coral also dead
 
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#1 Cladocora arbuscula might still be alive
#2 and #5 Siderastria radians or Favia fragum look dead
#3 Manicina Caribbean Rose Coral also dead

Is there anything I should be adding to help the Cladocora recover? Or maybe any of the other corals if there are any surviving cells (I know its unlikely)
 
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Found some more hitchhikers! One brain coral that looks like it has little polyps (yaaassss!) Also another rose coral....any chance it will come back to life or is it a gonner???? And lastly, not sure what that is...ID???

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For the last picture Im asking about the animal with tenticals, not the yellow sponge. Aiptasia??? Something else??? Thanks!
 

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Man you landed some bonus on those rocks. Keep an eye out for other nasties like crabs.
 

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