Purple Orchid Like Coral? Or Macro Algae?

[TinyReefObsession]

Apologies for the blurry photo but this is a translucent lavender little thing, reminiscent of an orchid…. I happen to be shining the flashlight under here after turning the flow up and it’s moving gently on the current otherwise I’ve always thought that whatever was under this rock was not alive… Now I’m wondering if this is some kind of coral or algae?

I’ve never seen anything like it so of course I came directly here :) tia!

 

[StartingATank]

Looks like a sponge?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Apologies for the blurry photo but this is a translucent lavender little thing, reminiscent of an orchid…. I happen to be shining the flashlight under here after turning the flow up and it’s moving gently on the current otherwise I’ve always thought that whatever was under this rock was not alive… Now I’m wondering if this is some kind of coral or algae?

I’ve never seen anything like it so of course I came directly here :) tia!

Need better lighting but may be sponge which favor darker . low flow areas

 

[TinyReefObsession]

Looks like a sponge?

Hmmm it looked smooth- but i’ll look up some sponges just in case! I’m about to post some brighter screenshots I managed to grab from the video I took- still looks like an orchid to me lol

Edit- i forgot to say thanks for the reply! :)

 

[TinyReefObsession]

Need better lighting but may be sponge which favor darker . low flow areas

Sorry about the light; I had taken a video first and then I forgot I couldn’t upload the video but I managed to grab some screenshots and it looks brighter…

This is definitely one of the darkest and lowest flow areas in the tank… At least it was really low flow until I cranked up the powerhead earlier so if this is a sponge it may not be too happy here much longer Haha

I’m not very familiar with sponges, but wouldn’t be surprised if this was one since this tank is 10+ years old and has rocks that have been in other tanks going back 45+ years was my understanding when I took it over… thanks for the reply!

 

[vetteguy53081]

Sorry about the light; I had taken a video first and then I forgot I couldn’t upload the video but I managed to grab some screenshots and it looks brighter…

This is definitely one of the darkest and lowest flow areas in the tank… At least it was really low flow until I cranked up the powerhead earlier so if this is a sponge it may not be too happy here much longer Haha

I’m not very familiar with sponges, but wouldn’t be surprised if this was one since this tank is 10+ years old and has rocks that have been in other tanks going back 45+ years was my understanding when I took it over… thanks for the reply!

I now see other evidence of sponge. Likely it is