Can someone please tell me what this is?

[OTB008]

The long tentacle like thing keeps growing and getting longer. Figured I should know what it is. Thanks.

 

[Brad Miller]

You mean the large purple Sea rod ?

 

[DSC reef]

Looks like a type of sponge, harmless but easily removable

 

[OTB008]

You mean the large purple Sea rod ?

I looked up Sea Rod’s online and the images I seen don’t look much like what I have. Do you think that’s what it is?

 

[DeniseAndy]

do you ever see cream or brown polyps on the purple base? If not and it is growing, not likely a gorgonia. They have polyps and need food to grow. You do have xenia polyps there, some blue sponge and aiptasia. I am not sure on the longer purple. Looks like a gorg, but without polyps, strange. I cannot see the slits on the rods to see shape to help with identity.

 

[Brad Miller]

This is your sea rod, at least it looks like one to me

But it looks like it's shedding and not happy.

 

[DSC reef]

That just looks like a type of branching sponge to me

 

[Brad Miller]

Aren't branching sponges more crusty looking on the branches?
His pic seems to have a couple whit polyps at the base and elsewhere

 

[DSC reef]

Not ones I've seen in our tank but anything's possible. If it's a sea rod I agree, doesn't look happy.

 

[OTB008]

I’m not familiar with sea rods. What I have is very soft as it moves easily with the water flow. The sea rods I looked at online appear to be more solid in state. Forgive my ignorance on this lol

 

[ZoWhat]

Absolutely a wild gorgonia....i have a bunch of them that have grown from what you have pic'ed

.....but its not doing well bc it should have polyps that are hiding

 

[DSC reef]

Absolutely a wild gorgonia....i have a bunch of them that have grown from what you have pic'ed

.....but its not doing well bc it should have polyps that are hiding

Can you go ahead and post some pics of the ones your currently have to help the OP with an ID.

 

[ZoWhat]

 

[PDR]

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[OTB008]

do you ever see cream or brown polyps on the purple base? If not and it is growing, not likely a gorgonia. They have polyps and need food to grow. You do have xenia polyps there, some blue sponge and aiptasia. I am not sure on the longer purple. Looks like a gorg, but without polyps, strange. I cannot see the slits on the rods to see shape to help with identity.

So you see aiptasia also. I posted a pic yesterday asking if I had aiptasia but the general consensus was majano

do you ever see cream or brown polyps on the purple base? If not and it is growing, not likely a gorgonia. They have polyps and need food to grow. You do have xenia polyps there, some blue sponge and aiptasia. I am not sure on the longer purple. Looks like a gorg, but without polyps, strange. I cannot see the slits on the rods to see shape to help with identity.

So you see aiptasia? I posted a pic yesterday asking if it was aiptasia but the general consensus was that it was majano.

 

[DSC reef]

Picture didn't upload...

Thanks for the help @skimjim

 

[reef lover]

If theres never been polyps and is soft i would say sponge as well. Although it would be awesome to get a hitch hiking gorg!