Just found a huge Hitchhiter coral!

[saltycrab]

I was looking In one of my cave areas with a flashlight and I just found an encrusting coral that looks to be about 5 inches in diameter that is starting to cover the bottom of a rock. Ive never seen anything like it and its obviously not photosynthetic since it gets no light. It is white and kind of looks like a brain. Really cool. Im going to try to get a picture but its going to be difficult.

heres my best attempt at a picture. I cleaned it up in photoshop . The hairs are not as reddish orange as the picture makes them look.

 

[saltycrab]

The white things are tiny polyps and the orange are the hairs that the polyps put out.

 

[mscarpena]

I have no idea what it is, but it is beautiful.

 

[mscarpena]

It might be a basket star fish. Has it moved yet?

 

[happy5446]

Very Cool!

 

[zman1]

colonial tunicate

 

[viper_930]

Originally Posted by zman1
colonial tunicate
ditto

 

[saltycrab]

Are these desirable in a reef tank

 

[gohabsgo]

just wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!