What is this?

[frankin09]

Does anybody know what this is?

 

[Lps_lover12]

Does anybody know what this is?

Got any pics of it in the water with lights on?

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Does anybody know what this is?

Looks like a candy cane (Caulastrea).

 

[frankin09]

Looks like a candy cane (Caulastrea).

It is a candy cane but I mean the white things.

 

[frankin09]

Got any pics of it in the water with lights on?

It’s candy cane but the white things.

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

It is a candy cane but I mean the white things.

Apologies! Can you circle the part you're asking about?

 

[frankin09]

Apologies! Can you circle the part you're asking about?

All those white things around it also.

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

All those white things around it also.

There's a lot of algae on the skeleton... The white things might be spirobids but it's hard to tell. I assume they aren't easily removed?

 

[JGT]

Spiorbids and a few pineapple sponges. All harmless.

 

[thamnasteroid]

Does anybody know what this is?

Either a caulastrea or astraeosmilia.