Picked up a piece of live rock and it had this on it

[PhilMStudy]

The others had some plays and mushrooms on them…

is this a sponge or coral?

it is sitting in my fuge right now, I need to clean the acrylic, sorry for the poor quality photos

 

[Sharkbait19]

Looks like some encrusting coral or algae. Is it hard or soft/slimy?

 

[PhilMStudy]

Haven’t touched it yet lol don’t want to damage it more than it was during drive home (was poorly boxed)

 

[PhilMStudy]

It seems hard, doesn’t move/sway at all

 

[Sharkbait19]

Might be a coralline or encrusting sps like monti

 

[Fishfreak2009]

Looks like an encrusting coral of some type. Possibly blue ridge coral? I've seen it grow like that before it starts growing vertical towers.

Or more likely, if this is Caribbean live rock, that this might actually be Fire coral (Millepora sp.)

 

[Fishfreak2009]

Looks like an encrusting coral of some type. Possibly blue ridge coral? I've seen it grow like that before it starts growing vertical towers.

Or more likely, if this is Caribbean live rock, that this might actually be Fire coral (Millepora sp.)

See these pics of fire coral for comparison. Photos look more yellow because of my diving camera. Honestly, if I was a betting man, and this is gulf harvested live rock, I'd say it's fire coral.

If this is Pacific Rock, or formerly dry rock that someone traded in, I'd lean more towards Leptoseris or a similar encruster with inconspicuous polyps

 

[PhilMStudy]

Thank you all and that’s awesome! Exciting!

 

[PhilMStudy]

Well, found something new again…

 

[PhilMStudy]

Trying to post a video but can’t seem to get it to load…

seems like a stomatella of some type… is this little one something to worry about?

 

[Sharkbait19]

Maybe a limpet, though I’m pretty sure those don’t move much.

 

[PhilMStudy]

It is in the great beyond of the rock work, hopefully a friendly lol

and as long as it doesn’t reproduce to problem levels I don’t plan on keeping tons of coral and none will be expensive (I say that knowingly lying to myself long term)

 

[WheatToast]

Looks like a Stomatella snail. They are great algae grazers and readily reproduce… free CUC!

Stomatella (shell spirals to the back):

Limpet (conical shell that does not spiral):

 

[PhilMStudy]

 

[PhilMStudy]

Definitely encrusting, still no idea what it is lol