Help - GSP - Weird living being

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Hey! I got my gsp two days ago, it is still opening, yet I found in it a weird sponge-like orange particle in it. When I introduced my gsp I didn't see the "thing" but the first day I found it on my xenia, I blew it off thinking it was lifeless but later found it on my gsp. Since then, it hides inside the coral when I get close. Is it a parasite or something similar? What should I do? It is minimal, but I fear it is doing something to the gsp because it is taking too much time to open, I have only seen little fragments of it. Apart from that, the gsp came with what I believe is algae (as you can see in the picture) is it beneficial or is it harmful?

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the algae you see is likely bryopsis mixed with some GHA. its difficult to tell what you're describing, but it may very well be a feather duster (if it retracts into a hard cone/shell).
 

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