Is this orange coralline?

[AydenLincoln]

I think this is orange coralline! And what is the stringy white stuff…sponges (it’s not mucus)? I just dipped the coral.

 

[ReefLife_Guy]

My guess is sponge.

 

[WheatToast]

Is the orange stuff crusty/hard (this would indicate that it is calcified)? I am leaning more towards the orange stuff being fleshy, dying red macroalgae as these turn neon-orange when weakened.
The white thing looks like a hydroid of some sort but the pictures are too blurry to say for sure.

 

[ReefLife_Guy]

*for the white stuff not sure but the orange could be orange sponge or orange coralline but its difficult to tell in the picture. Would be cool if it is.

 

[ReefLife_Guy]

Agree the branching white stuff does kinda look like hydroids. I have never had them but someone I know who has told me you have to really scrub them off along with coral dips. He couldn't get rid of them with just dips.

 

[AydenLincoln]

Is the orange stuff crusty/hard (this would indicate that it is calcified)? I am leaning more towards the orange stuff being fleshy, dying red macroalgae as these turn neon-orange when weakened.
The white thing looks like a hydroid of some sort but the pictures are too blurry to say for sure.

No it’s not hard I think it’s probably algae then too. And the white stuff is not like any hydroids I’ve ever seen. But it could be.