What’s this?

[sandnfoggrl]

New to aquarium life, starting my corals and notice this on my hammer coral. Can anyone tell me what it is and if it’s harmful to my coral? It is red in color and branches out. Thank you.

 

[shakacuz]

very blurry to tell accurately what it is. to my untrained eye, it seems like a very small kenya tree branch that somehow got stuck on your hammer. does it move/sway with the water flow? has it increased in size? does it change(get smaller) when the lights are off? is it soft/hard?

 

[redfishbluefish]

Agree, too blurry. Let's see if @ISpeakForTheSeas has an opinion.

 

[paragrouper]

very blurry to tell accurately what it is. to my untrained eye, it seems like a very small kenya tree branch that somehow got stuck on your hammer. does it move/sway with the water flow? has it increase din size? does it change(get smaller) when the lights are off? is it soft/hard?

That’s what I thought as well.

 

[shakacuz]

could also be a sponge, but the shade of color makes me second guess that

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

Agree, too blurry. Let's see if @ISpeakForTheSeas has an opinion.

Looks like a benthic foraminiferans to me (possibly Miniacina miniacea or a branching morphotype of Homotrema rubrum to me) - harmless filter feeders.

Edit: Probably M. miniacea.

 

[sandnfoggrl]

very blurry to tell accurately what it is. to my untrained eye, it seems like a very small kenya tree branch that somehow got stuck on your hammer. does it move/sway with the water flow? has it increased in size? does it change(get smaller) when the lights are off? is it soft/hard?

Looks like a benthic foraminiferans to me (possibly Miniacina miniacea or a branching morphotype of Homotrema rubrum to me) - harmless filter feeders.

Edit: Probably M. miniacea.

 

[sandnfoggrl]

could also be a sponge, but the shade of color makes me second guess that

It does not move or close with current or light changes

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

It does not move or close with current or light changes

Assuming it feels solid/hard, I'd suggest doing a Google images search for Miniacina minaceae and seeing if that's a match.

 

[vetteguy53081]

New to aquarium life, starting my corals and notice this on my hammer coral. Can anyone tell me what it is and if it’s harmful to my coral? It is red in color and branches out. Thank you.

Please post clear)er_ pics

 

[sandnfoggrl]

Please post clear)er_ pics

Tried to get better pic..