ID this thing? (PIC)

[j21kickster]

just started growing recently and i am clueless- havent seen any thing like it - looks like that flat fungus that grows on trees and is red in color with orange spots on the rim- it is about the size of a quarter- sorry about the pic- it is growing out from the rock and not flat on it- it is soft- to add

 

[piscesblue]

give it to me and I'll let ya know if it's harmful or not!

 

[piscesblue]

It sure looks like a nudibranch in that pic, but being an employee of a petstore, I figure you know better than that.

 

[j21kickster]

nope its sessile- started as a red dot- now ....

 

[piscesblue]

Can I have it?? and what street is "The Reef" on? I've gotta go this week. Hopefully tommorrow.

 

[j21kickster]

nope cant have it - and im not sure on the exact address i will find out wed

 

[j21kickster]

geez- i thought you guys were good 108 views and only one guess?

 

[overanalyzer]

Some sort of sponge?? Can you get a close-up of it? Could it be some sort of algae?

 

[j21kickster]

not a sponge- it is smooth - it looks like living animal tissue- not algae - i cant get any closer but it would look just the same not texture just flat red layers and orange spots on the outside.

 

[dinhouse]

Man don't quote me but it looks sorta like ...... a red growth coming out of your live Rock. Hey you wanted more guesses. Dude what ever it is it looks cooler that Sh%T! I say you wait a few weeks to make sure it doesn't eat your tank, then you frag it and send a piece this way!

 

[j21kickster]

thanks for the guess but it is not a tunicate- the structure looks similar to lettuce leaves with not texture and the orange spots- theay are flat and grow perpendicular to the rock, where are our pros at?

 

[wamp]

Can't really tell. Need a better pic. Kinda looks like a Carnation coral to me.

 

[j21kickster]

no polyps- looks like leafy tissue here is a couple of more pics of poor quality

 

[j21kickster]

another

 

[j21kickster]

ther are about 4 different layers growing there

 

[wamp]

Got me.. Still looks like a carnation to me. Does it have a center stalk like a leather coral? You could always cut it and see if it heals

 

[j21kickster]

no it is not like most soft corals- no polyps, no central stalk, semitransparent tissue, reminds me also of plate corals growing above eachother but they arent all connected, 100% sure not carnation- has very slippery feel to it. I dont know even where to start??

 

[j21kickster]

here is another pic from a front view- you can kindof see the layers better- bty that white stuff is superglue- a crab chipped off the small rock it wes growing too so i put it back where it was

 

[ilovetangs]

where did you get the lr or coral whatever it is. because my dad might be right. the sand from the african desert might be affecting the lr and corals in the atlantic ocean. let me know please

 

[j21kickster]

have i really stumped everyone here- i think i might