Coral ID Help Please

[Jenna09]

Hi Everyone

This interesting "coral" has been growing in my tank for about 9 months. It started on this clam shell that has never had any coral growing on it.

It seems to be thriving and growing like crazy and I hope when I downsize my tank it doesnt die.

Any ideas on what it is? It appears to have a leaf like texture and moves a bit with the current.

Thanks
Jenna

PS. The colours on it are amazing.

 

[AdeptMrSniffles]

Hmmm... Interesting. I have nooo idea :

Hopefully someone else can help.

 

[cageburn]

whatever it is its very nice. Is it hard or soft?

 

[cageburn]

post more pics if you can :)

 

[Jenna09]

I have no idea if it's hard or soft. It's at the bottom of my tank sort of under my rock cave. I cannot reach it to touch it.

Because it's at the bottom I'm thinking it doesn't like a lot of light.

Jenna

 

[AdeptMrSniffles]

Find someone with long arms and tell them to touch it. +1 on the more pics.

 

[Dana42078]

Send it to me ill find out what it is =)

It looks really cool but a better pic would really help us all out.

 

[the reef kid]

Judging by the fact that it moves in the current, I'd assume that it's soft. I have no idea, but if I had to guess, I'd say it was a shroom of some sort.

 

[EliWhitney314]

It looks like a sponge to me.

 

[PRC]

+1 Eli. Sponge.

 

[Jenna09]

I have tried to take a better picture but I have had no luck so far.

I zoomed in with my lens and it looks like it has a paper texture to it.

When I move tanks I will be moving it and get a better idea of what it is then and hopefully some better pictures.

Jenna

 

[123nsb456]

It looks like some sort of deformed shroom or ricordea.

 

[dcantucson]

+1 123nsb456
Looks like it has been shredded.

 

[Jenna09]

Nope not shredded that is how it grew.

The shell it is on literally had nothing on it for years and then all of a sudden this little orange thing started growing on it and over the last year it has developed into how it looks today.

Jenna

 

[dcantucson]

Maybe some type of red algae then?

 

[daugherty]

looks like a sponge to me

 

[Bifferwine]

I'd guess a type of algae as well. There are some weird looking algaes out there.

 

[Jenna09]

Interesting that some think it's algae! I hope it doesn't die when I downsize! I've grown attached to it lol!