Pest ID Please

[Hawk23]

I found these on my torch coral and no idea what they could be. I did a dip and took them off with tweezers. Anyone have any ideas?

 

[F i s h y]

Pics are hard to tell. Are the hard or soft. If hard they kind of look like barnacles. Especially if removing caused part of the skeleton to come off your torch which is what it appears happened. If sift best guess is sponge. Either way they both probably wouldn't have caused any issues.
3rd option could be vermatid snails but they don't look long and thin enough.
These are only guesses.

 

[Hawk23]

Pics are hard to tell. Are the hard or soft. If hard they kind of look like barnacles. Especially if removing caused part of the skeleton to come off your torch which is what it appears happened. If sift best guess is sponge. Either way they both probably wouldn't have caused any issues.
3rd option could be vermatid snails but they don't look long and thin enough.
These are only guesses.

Wish I took a picture before removing them lol. A friend suggested pineapple sponges and after googling images I think that’s exactly what they were. Kinda wishing I didn’t remove them now

 

[F i s h y]

Wish I took a picture before removing them lol. A friend suggested pineapple sponges and after googling images I think that’s exactly what they were. Kinda wishing I didn’t remove them now

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