Need and ID Please!

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  1. geekdafied

    geekdafied 3reef Sponsor

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    This stuff showed up a few weeks ago. The rock its on has been out of water before for over 40 mins when I got it, which it was part of that score I got like 3 or 4 months ago. Nothing has been added since I put those rocks in other then the powder brown tang I got last week.

    Here are the pics...

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  2. geekdafied

    geekdafied 3reef Sponsor

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    oh yeah, the orange spots glow under actinic lighting, thats how I noticed it a few weeks ago.
     
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  3. mattgeezer

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    looks bizarre what ever it is geekdafied
     
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  4. coral reefer

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    Eggs/pods from the movie "ALIEN"!!!! hahaha
    I have no idea...
    not a tunicate or sponge if it has been out of the water for 40 minutes, I don't think!
    Not a coral as it is squishy and hollow!
    Stumped on this! Have to take some time to resaerch it further!
     
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  5. geekdafied

    geekdafied 3reef Sponsor

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    Pic with actinics on, my cam sucks without the flash


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  6. geekdafied

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    autofocus aint worth a damn without the flash is what I meant
     
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  7. mattgeezer

    mattgeezer Montipora Capricornis

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    something out of a sci-fiction movie definately , wheres sigourney weaver when ya need her!!!!
     
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  8. geekdafied

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    my first thought was sponge or tunicate, but they are hollow. Definetly some kind of filter feeder.

    They are squishy to the touch and hollow. I popped one of them on accident, you can see it in the second pic at the top where its split open.
     
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  9. robojet

    robojet Astrea Snail

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    coooolllllll.... hope it's not a problem, looks like it might be fun to keep around.
     
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  10. geekdafied

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    I think its some kind of tunicate, or Porifera? It does have a siphon/mouth, but they are hollow on the inside and squishy.
     
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