Flowers on my bubble coral

[efrank]

Can anyone tell me what the flower looking things growing out of the side of my new bubble coral are?

 

[spanko]

Anthelia sp. or Clavularia sp.

 

[efrank]

OK, the flowers appear to be filter feeders, I am assuming it is ok to just leave them? This is my first bubble and I don't know much about them. I picked it up at the place where the pets go because the lady there was convinced it should cost $20 so I agreed and figured I could learn on the go with this one.

 

[spanko]

Yes the are feeding off of things that float around in the water column as well as the light. They will spread quickly under natural sea water conditions.

 

[symphony]

I have some clover polyps does it look like this, if so just a filter feeder very pretty.