Pest ID on Candy coral?

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Hey I need help IDing this tentacle thing. Looks like a hitchhiker I got the Candy for $8 at my LFS. Thanks.
 

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I seriously thought it was a torch at first too.. thank you!
I have seen a baby torch hitchhiker, the tentacles come more from the center in a torch and are not arranged neatly around a disc like your anemone is.

That torch grew fast and another person at the lfs claimed it even though I saw it went it was a tiny green dot about the size of this o when I spotted it on the side of a hammer coral skeleton. The hammer subsequently died and I pointed out the baby torch when it was about twice as big, with obvious tentacles moving in the current. It was moved into another tank and inside a couple of months it was colored up crazy bright and that was the last I saw it. It was sold and then lost in a tank crash.
 
I have seen a baby torch hitchhiker, the tentacles come more from the center in a torch and are not arranged neatly around a disc like your anemone is.

That torch grew fast and another person at the lfs claimed it even though I saw it went it was a tiny green dot about the size of this o when I spotted it on the side of a hammer coral skeleton. The hammer subsequently died and I pointed out the baby torch when it was about twice as big, with obvious tentacles moving in the current. It was moved into another tank and inside a couple of months it was colored up crazy bright and that was the last I saw it. It was sold and then lost in a tank crash.
Looks like it got bigger, maybe a tiger torch?
 
Looks like an ordinary mojano to me...
 

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Sure looks like a torch. Congratulations! Always fun to find baby corals.
 
I ended up moving the coral to get a better look!
 

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Baby hammer most likely. Maybe a torch but the tips are looking more hammer. Maybe an Aussie torch though?
 

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