Whats Growing On My Acan?!?

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As the title suggests, I purchased an Acan in a Livesale and it came with a flower looking buddy. Anyone know what it is? Friend or foe?
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It does look like an octocoral polyp to me; I can't tell if the tentacles on the polyp are feathery or just bulbous though (so clearer pics under white light may be useful for a proper ID here).

If the tentacles are feathery, then there's a good chance it's a very fast growing (fast to invasively fast) coral; if they're bulbous, then I'd need clearer pics to be sure it's actually an octocoral.
 

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