Weird mat of red worms?

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This came attached to a rock with GSP. It’s got lots of holes and at night red filaments (?worms) come out but during the day the purple parts cover them.
Never seen anything like it 😱
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+1 colonial tunicates; I'm not sure what the red stuff is; the purple might be early sponge growth. The tunicates are technically harmless/good to have, but some colonial species can become invasive to the point of growing over and smothering corals, so I usually recommend isolating them in a spot where it's easy to manually control any spread.
 
+1 colonial tunicates; I'm not sure what the red stuff is; the purple might be early sponge growth. The tunicates are technically harmless/good to have, but some colonial species can become invasive to the point of growing over and smothering corals, so I usually recommend isolating them in a spot where it's easy to manually control any spread.
I believe the purple is also part of the tunicates
 

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