Orange branching thing

[Tathamet]

Hi all,

Can anyone help me ID this please? I’ve been able to ID most of the hitchhikers that have come in on my live rock but I can’t seem to find anything online about this one.

Also something keeps filling the hollowed out areas/tunnels in this same piece of live rock to the brim with sand but I haven’t seen the culprit at all. Any idea what that could be?

apologies if the photo quality isn't the greatest.

 

[1WildBill]

Almost looks like a staghorn coral.

 

[VKP01]

Vermetid worms?

 

[Tathamet]

Don’t thinks so. It looks like it has microscopic polyps along the sides.

Vermetid worms?

 

[Tathamet]

Almost looks like a staghorn coral.

It’s weird. It kind of branches like a coral and has polyp like things going up the sides of the tubes (not sure if they are actually tubes). But for whatever reason I keep thinking it’s some sort or worm type colony that I just haven’t found the name of yet.

 

[Tathamet]

Hey all,

I managed to snap a better photo from the side of the tank. hopefully this will help to identify it. The entire thing is only about 1 cm tall currently.

this is a new tank(my first saltwater tank). had some die off initially during the cycle but it looks like its coming back now that things are more stable just over a month in.

 

[reef lover]

#reefsquad

 

[Flippers4pups]

Colonial hydroid.

 

[saltyhog]

Agree with @Flippers4pups

 

[Tathamet]

Colonial hydroid.

Interesting thanks!
I initially thought it was some sort of hydroid but I couldn't find a good image of one to confirm so i figured it was something else. Guess I should get rid of it then? (too bad, I thought it looked pretty interesting lol)

I've already been working at getting rid of ones that look exactly like this image below. that and some that kind of have a neon green glow to them

 

[reef lover]

Ugghhh i was gonna say hydroid but never seen one so orange...