Help ID these...

[Jesse Sunday]

Good morning Reefers!

I have a 32 Biocube that's been running for a month now... live rock donated from a friend's tank. I LOVE all the life that came with the live rock, but I have NO idea what most of it is.

There's a white (almost slime-looking?) growth that "sprouts" little tree-looking things... Does anyone know what they are? (the picture is right-side-up, my Royal Gramma is just weird and upside down in this pic)

Also, I was given a mushroom (coral?). Is there a specific type of mushroom this one is?

Thanks for all your help!

 

[SnazzyUrchin792]

I don't see any pictures

 

[Jesse Sunday]

I don't see any pictures

The forum didn't like my 8192x5464 resolution, so I had to size them down... they're uploaded now.

 

[Tanglover1]

These looks like hydroids

 

[Jesse Sunday]

Here's a closer crop...

 

[Court_Appointed_Hypeman]

Here's a closer crop...

Those things look dope, hopefully they are cool and stay contained.

Could be a bad one though.

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

It looks like each polyp has 8 tentacles on it, so I'd guess it's some kind of octocoral (soft corals, gorgonians, etc.), but I don't see any feathering of any kind of the tentacles that would help narrow it down. The stark white color is very pretty and unique though.

 

[Jesse Sunday]

It looks like each polyp has 8 tentacles on it, so I'd guess it's some kind of octocoral (soft corals, gorgonians, etc.), but I don't see any feathering of any kind of the tentacles that would help narrow it down. The stark white color is very pretty and unique though.

Thank you for your insight! I'll try to get better pictures later.

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

Perhaps an encrusting gorgonian species of some kind?

Some sort of color less green star polyps? I'd please

I picked this up at the lfs for $10. I've had it for two months and haven't be able to Id it. It's growing on a mat like a green star polyp and is spreading down the frag plug.

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[resortez]

Ok, I’ve seen a plethora of marine life but that’s a first & looks neat . I would also agree in being some type of soft coral maybe NPS (nonphotosynthetic) hopefully someone can give us all a proper ID. Still very neat looking & a sign of a healthy ecosystem & husbandry practices.