Found this guy on my Gulf LiveRock. . .

[AbjectMaelstroM]

Anyone know what this guy is? Showed up on my Gulf LiveRock after a couple weeks in QT.

Plucked it off the rock and put it on a plug.

 

[elysics]

I'm not good at telling those apart, maybe an acan

But man, now this is some quality life rock

 

[duberii]

Wow that's an amazing freebie- I'm not certain but a coral that sometimes comes in on gulf live rock is a merulina coral- never seen one that colorful though

 

[AbjectMaelstroM]

I'm not good at telling those apart, maybe an acan

But man, now this is some quality life rock

Yeah that and aiptasia and bubble algea haha. I've been monitoring it in my QT for the last 5 weeks make sure I get them all.

 

[Krully]

Blasto?

 

[AbjectMaelstroM]

It's opening up a bit more, still not sure if it's some kind of acan or a blasto. I can't really see a mouth anywhere.

 

[Zoa_Fanatic]

Looks like a blasto me. Either way awesome freeby

 

[reefer7891]

Pbly a blasto if it multiplies but if it just keeps getting bigger and builds a spiney base it might be a cats eye/meat coral. If it is beautiful and rare find. Here’s a pic of my baby ruby.

 

[AbjectMaelstroM]

It's really starting to open up now. Color is kinda neat.

 

[Don_Jorge]

i have some premium deco on its way right now, did you do overnight shipping?

 

[AbjectMaelstroM]

i have some premium deco on its way right now, did you do overnight shipping?

Honestly I can't remember, it was the free shipping so I think it was just standard priority 2 day. They didn't come well insulated and almost frozen, lots of die-off. This guy made it tough.

 

[Timfish]

Cool! I'm pretty sure it's a juvenile Rose Coral, Manicina areolata. I'm getting a bunch of Dan's Premium Deco landing in just a couple hours to reintroduce sponges and other cryptic stuff and help restart some of the systems I lost with the freeze last month. I almost always find Blushing Star colonies, Stephanocoenia intersepts, but have only seen one Rose coral in recent years. Aquatouch in Phoenix used to be the only source for Rose corals but that was years ago. Only way to get them now is if you're lucky enough to have one show up on a piece of maricultured live rock from Florida as it's illeagal to collect or remove them from any wild habitat.

 

[BranchingHammer]

It's really starting to open up now. Color is kinda neat.

Looks to me that it’s a Caribbean rose coral. Amazing specimen and find!

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

That's a cool looking hitchhiker right there. Yesterday I busted up a piece of rock for frags and pulled out an 8" bristleworm.. I like your hitchhiker a lot more.

 

[Don_Jorge]

Honestly I can't remember, it was the free shipping so I think it was just standard priority 2 day. They didn't come well insulated and almost frozen, lots of die-off. This guy made it tough.

im in Texas so at least no cold weather, hope I get some coral like this

 

[AbjectMaelstroM]

Cool. I'm gonna have to go some digging on them as far as care goes. Though it seems pretty happy where it's at now.

 

[DaneGer21]

It’s saying, FEED ME!

 

[LRT]

+1 on rose coral. Just had one pop up on rock I had in my sump for a year.

 

[AbjectMaelstroM]

It’s saying, FEED ME!

Reef roids? Nutrients pretty high in my tank, PO4 0.11 NO3 8-10..

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

I didn't know about golf Life Coral so I went to their website and read up on their aquaculture facility. Seems like a pretty cool operation there although it would really suck to lower it down by hand 100 lb at a time.