Live rock

[putt_77]

I was wondering if anyone is familiar with the life in live rock. I have a curious white "thing" in my tank that resembles, for lack of descriptive skills, a skeleton's hand. It has several long, bony prongs, though it is not hard.

 

[fshhub]

<a href="http://www.reefs.org/hhfaq/pages/picture_pages/faq_foramwhite.html" target="_blank">is this pic it??</a>
check out the above link,andsee if that is it, reply back

 

[putt_77]

It is hard to tell without being able to see it to scale. It looks similar, but what is in my tank, as compared to the picture, is much larger, but like I said it is hard to tell size from the picture.
When I say large any one of the "branches" is roughly 3"-4" in length and probably as thick as a pencil in its thickest spots. The thing in the picture seemed to have tiny hairs on it. Mine is smooth looking to the

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eye. The branches move in the current, so it is not hard. I have a lot of life in my rock, of which everything is identifiable, but this one I have never seen before.

 

[fshhub]

it is not an anemone, like aiptaisia is it??
are all the fingers the same length? and do they all stem from a central location(like a cup or bowl)?
what color, is it white, or off white, like a cream or tan color?

 

[putt_77]

Thanks for your interest.
They all project from one central location. I would have to say it is white. Though it has a certain opaqueness to it if that is even a word. There is like one mass blob of the white stuff attched to the rock with four or five twisted and curled branches projecting outward. The more I look at the picture you posted the more I would have to say that's definitely not it. Then there is a smaller blob on the other side of the same rock with two branches.

 

[putt_77]

No, they are not all the same size. They vary from about 2 to 4 inches in length.

 

[fshhub]

my interest is that i love aquariums and puzzles, you cna learn alot this way
being as they are alll different lengths, they do not sound like anemones, thank god it isn't aptaisia, i don't know alot, but could they be some type of gorgonian??
i'll do a search and see, but maybe, if youare not familiar wiht them, you could look into them and see for yourself too, if i find something clse i'll post back, and if you do find it yourself, could you keep us posted?? i haven't heard of anyooone else getting a gorgonian,b ut anything from the ocean is possible wiht lr
and i don't think that it is the pic i posted either, these guys are rather tiny, not even big enough to be small
edited: i don't think it is a gorgonian either

 

[iswimwithmyfish]

i have little thingys like that and resemble them, but aren't as big as u say they are