type of leather or a sponge?

[Jisko]

so I'm moving my live stock and such over to a bigger tank and I ran into this lil bugger growing in the back anyone know what it is? I like it and wouldnt mind it in the new tank if its ok

 

[Jisko]

anyone?

 

[Lionfish Lair]

Do you have leathers in the tank? How old is the rock? Is it in an area of light?

 

[Jisko]

only coral in the tank was a kenya tree thats about 10 months old

the rock is over a year old

it was at the top of the rock in the back with direct light

I will add that I bought this rock from a shop

 

[Lionfish Lair]

Can you touch it and see what it does?

 

[Jisko]

When I touched it this is what it did (shown in the photo) before I touched it it had little green flowers or some sort coming out of them similar to what a birds nest has(the little clovers that wave in the current)

each of them lil "dots" on it was one of them lil flowers

 

[Lionfish Lair]

Can you get another shot when the polyps come back out?

 

[Jisko]

Yeah I moved them to a flag plug because the tank they were in is being broken down today. Once it opens up again I'll post a photo and tag you in it

 

[lariat8099]

Green star polyps.

 

[Jisko]

nahh looks nothing like star polyps when its opened

 

[Jisko]

nearest thing I can find is something like the image below but the flower things are greenish color.

 

[Jisko]

@Lionfish Lair i hope this photo quality is good enough

you can kind of see the lil flowers coming out of it

 

[ahiggins]

Is that a tunicate Renee? The "polyp" things look like mine except mine didn't retreat when touched.
Sort of an odd growth pattern for a leather...

 

[Tahoe61]

Looks like an octocoral to me, Sinularia, Capnella, Klyxum or any other similar type only time will tell. Soft corals often drop branches, buds and reproduce by lateral fission. I am inclined to think it's Capnella based on the last image.

 

[Lionfish Lair]

I agree with Tahoe.

 

[Jisko]

here is another photo

 

[Sm51498]

My money would be on capnella, it does remind me an awful lot of sympodium of sorts but I've not seen one that color.