What is this pink blob

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I have this pink blob that is moving around my tank and mainly hanging on some gha algae eating it. It has long white feeder tentacles it puts out at night. Those same tentacles come off of my toadstool at night to so I think there’s some small ones on it that I csnt see. Anyone know what this is?

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Pictures under white light would be better for identification (ex. under a flashlight), but my guess is that this is a benthic ctenophore, a very rare hitchhiker.
Just googled them and found them on reef builders and they look exactly like what I have are these reef safe?
 
Just googled them and found them on reef builders and they look exactly like what I have are these reef safe?
There are reports of them competing with corals while others say they are benign, and I cannot conclusively say they are reef safe since I have never had them in my tanks. Personally, I would wait and see if it irritates corals before removing it:
Best way of getting rid of it: take turkey baster, and try to siphon it in (with)!
If isn't detaching from the surface, BLOW and suck, Blow and suck until it detach. You can't pick it up with tweezers or anything, it will split on 2 or more bits and every single one will regrow (like aiptasia)
 

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