Is this a hitchhiker or part of my goniopora?

[EddyEOD]

New to the forum/reefing and I could use some help. I recently picked up a ora red goniopora. It was bayer and seachem dipped prior to entering the aquarium but I did not remount the frag. Do goniopora have sweeper tentacles like this or is it a hitchhiker? It's only on the one side of the frag attached at the base of the plug frag junction. I thought maybe aptasia but they dont look like that at the base to me. What is your opinion?

 

[EddyEOD]

 

[Rogued_Reefer]

Definitely not part of the Goni i cant tell what it is tho

 

[EddyEOD]

Could it be algae? Should I pull the goniopora out and scrub it off? Maybe some peroxide on a tooth brush?

 

[Rogued_Reefer]

If you touch it does it retract?

 

[EddyEOD]

It doesnt but the goni sure does when I get close. It reminds me of staghorn algae in freshwater without the branching structure. I tooth brushed it and tried not to get the goni but its ticked none the less. Missed 2 testicles apparently and cant seem to grip them with tweezers. I'm going to let the goni rest and see what comes of it.

Still hope for an ID from someone.

 

[Rogued_Reefer]

I’m hoping you get an id because I have something similar in a zoa frag and can’t get it off even with peroxide dip

 

[KJ]

From the pic look like sponge.

 

[Rogued_Reefer]

The one I have looks more like a weird algae

 

[hllb]

Following. I have a frag coming Friday that has something similar

 

[Rogued_Reefer]

Following. I have a frag coming Friday that has something similar

That’s exactly what mine has! #reefsquad any help?

 

[najer]

Does it look anything like this?

 

[Retro Reefer]

To the OP It's some kind of macro Algae, @hllb not sure what that is on yours.

 

[GlassMunky]

That’s 100% an aiptasia like @najer pointed out

edit: I zoomed in closer and now it looks more like a filamentous algae of some kind

 

[piranhaman00]

Looks like a byprosis stalk to me, at least mine start out like that.

@hllb looks like vermentid snail tube maybe.

@najer aiptasia

 

[Rogued_Reefer]

Does it look anything like this?

That’s aiptasia what the OP has looks more like some kind of macro algae like the one I have

 

[KJ]

That’s exactly what mine has! #reefsquad any help?

Sponge.

 

[hllb]

Sponge.

Really? I thought maybe a weird tunicate.

 

[EddyEOD]

Based on my very short experience with saltwater but substantial research I'm currently guessing it was/is (if I failed to kill it with the toothbrush) some kind of algae. It looks very similar to freshwater staghorn algae just without the branching structure.

It also looks a heck of a lot like aiptasia but the tenticles seem to come directly out of the glue mounting the frag area and not the typical aiptasia base.

I'm going with 65% algae 10% aiptasia 25% some other unknown marine life form.

 

[Thespammailaccount]

Based on my very short experience with saltwater but substantial research I'm currently guessing it was/is (if I failed to kill it with the toothbrush) some kind of algae. It looks very similar to freshwater staghorn algae just without the branching structure.

It also looks a heck of a lot like aiptasia but the tenticles seem to come directly out of the glue mounting the frag area and not the typical aiptasia base.

I'm going with 65% algae 10% aiptasia 25% some other unknown marine life form.

If it retracts when you touch it then I would go with aiptasia but looks like algae or a sponge