Dont know what it is but it's fun to watch

[Richard Schmidt]

Have no idea what this guy is, but my wife and I have enjoyed watching it grow. It's pulsating and has grown from about 1/8" to 1/4" since we found it.
Found it on a rock that a hammer head was attached to.
It's by itself, pulses to get food and I guess breath because it is constantly pulsing.
Hope it's not bad, but to be perfectly honest it's too much fun to watch to remove it unless something bad happens in the near future.
Just wondering.
Hope pic post's.

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[SAPPER]

Its a Tunicate

 

[Crabs McJones]

Have no idea what this guy is, but my wife and I have enjoyed watching it grow. It's pulsating and has grown from about 1/8" to 1/4" since we found it.
Found it on a rock that a hammer head was attached to.
It's by itself, pulses to get food and I guess breath because it is constantly pulsing.
Hope it's not bad, but to be perfectly honest it's too much fun to watch to remove it unless something bad happens in the near future.
Just wondering.
Hope pic post's.

View attachment 20171103_162803.jpg

Tunicate

 

[Richard Schmidt]

Good or bad? Hope it's OK because it's fun to watch.

 

[reef lover]

Good filter feeder

 

[SAPPER]

Thats what you have and its all good a filter feeder. You see it moving that is the tunicate breathing and feeding. Have a read about them on line pretty interesting.

 

[Richard Schmidt]

Thanks SAPPER will do. Is it rare to have them as a hitch hicker?

 

[NY_Caveman]

Check out this fun thread where the Tunicate had a hitchhiker:

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/my-tunicate-just-threw-up-a-live-hitchiker.366615/

 

[SAPPER]

Thanks SAPPER will do. Is it rare to have them as a hitch hicker?

Not seen many people with single large ones like that. But small jelly colonial Tunicates or small single transparent with a bit of colour are common.

 

[Dsnakes]

That is a cool one! I think @saltyfilmfolks would agree!

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

That is a cool one! I think @saltyfilmfolks would agree!

Thanks for the tag. I do agree! awesome!!

 

[cristata.reef]

@Kamden Uelton maybe you can further the ID

 

[Kamden Uelton]

I want to say Halocynthia papillosa but Halocynthia papillosa doesn't have the white stripes as this one does... Kinda lost on this one.

 

[jd371]

Thats what you have and its all good a filter feeder. You see it moving that is the tunicate breathing and feeding. Have a read about them on line pretty interesting.

Yikes! This looks like the egg sack the face grabber jumps out of from the Alien movies. OP if you see the top open up.... STAY BACK!

 

[SAPPER]

I want to say Halocynthia papillosa but Halocynthia papillosa doesn't have the white stripes as this one does... Kinda lost on this one.

The closest I found was Herdmania for a red with the white stripes.