Poofy pink and white macro?

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Several years back I had a small 30g or so tank that I ordered in some rock out of the Florida area for. On this rock I recieved many kinds of macros, all of which I was able to identify except for one. This was my favorite of the bunch because it was so unusual and pretty. However I was never able to ID it! I've been trying to find pictures of this stuff but so far have no success, so I will do my very best to describe it.

It was growing on the rock, first of all. The texture was very very fine. it felt like the softest makeup sponge, but not as dense. The color on the top of it was light pink, which at the bottom had faded to white. The shape was round, almost perfectly so. I let it get to softball size before I cut it back along with the rest, and it always grew back into this super fluffy round shape. It never spread beyond this one mass, probably because I did keep it trimmed but I can't be sure.

I really want to get one of these in my tank now, but I can't find out what it's called to get any! I never have seen it on sites saying they sell macros though, and I am not sure if that's a good or bad sign. XD
 
Nope, it was definitely a macro of some kind. A tunicate would be easier to ID lol. Thanks for trying though!
 
Unfortunately I dismantled the tank over 6 years ago now, so I don't have any pics.

The cotton candy one looks very similar! But the 'fibers' on the one I had were finer and it only grew in the one ball. It was pink fading to white the entire time I had it in the tank, for over a year though. It was definitely not dying. It grew back quickly after every trim. I never had a problem with it spreading like the cotton candy is supposed to either, though I did cut it back a lot. Could it have been some kind of similar species to cotton candy? I wish I'd thought to take pictures of it before I dismantled! The only thing I have is a really bad quality video that doesn't show a lot of detail.
 

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