Need ID, came with some coral.

[oldbob50]

This little guy was in one of the bags when I open a coral order from Aquarium Depot. It is attached to some rock and what looks like part of a bivalve shell. At first I though it was rock but then I noticed that it was soft. It is pear shaped and about 3/4 of an inch high. The soft fleshy area is at the bottom and extends equally on both sides of the more rigid center material. It does not appear to respond to light changes but it does retract when touched. Currently it is in my QT.

First question: What is it.

Second question: Is it a good addition to a reef tank.

 

[road_runner]

Following...never seen something like that..

 

[bonarjoseph]

This little guy was in one of the bags when I open a coral order from Aquarium Depot. It is attached to some rock and what looks like part of a bivalve shell. At first I though it was rock but then I noticed that it was soft. It is pear shaped and about 3/4 of an inch high. The soft fleshy area is at the bottom and extends equally on both sides of the more rigid center material. It does not appear to respond to light changes but it does retract when touched. Currently it is in my QT.

First question: What is it.

Second question: Is it a good addition to a reef tank.

Is it possible it’s a small Kenya tree coral?

 

[Craigdoc]

Looks like a tunicate, does it have 2 holes in it, if it does then tunicate it is

 

[oldbob50]

Thanks for the responses.

I'm not sure about a second hole. There could be one right at the end of the structure where the "Attached to rock" arrow points. I have no experience with tunicates so would not know what to look for. All of the pictures I have seen are of animals that are more open and and the holes are bigger. Also I have heard that they are very fragile. This guy went through coral dip and before I realized it was alive I squeezed the fleshy part and water squirted out. That's when I put it in the QT and it seems to be doing ok. If it is a tunicate I need to get it into the DT. My QT is not set up for filter feeders.

I have a very small Kenya Tree frag and this is nothing like that.

 

[Craigdoc]

I had a brown tunicate that came on a rock of zoa's, I pulled it off the rock and damaged its big opening a bit, it looked just like yours do now.

Some are very delicate and difficult to look after, often the hitchhiker kind are much hardier, I dipped my zoas to and it survived that.

I couldn't see the second opening on mine till I moved it off the rock.

I would just leave it and see what it turns into

 

[Craigdoc]

Oh and the other name for a tunicate is a sea squirt, as you've just found out, they close quickly and expel water that squirt out as they close

 

[ScottR]

It looks too rough on the outside to be a tunicate.

 

[Craigdoc]

My brown one was very rough and not like one that you see in the shops for sale, I had a white one to, unfortunately I can't find pictures of the brown one

 

[KJ]

My brown one was very rough and not like one that you see in the shops for sale, I had a white one to, unfortunately I can't find pictures of the brown one

Great pic!