What Am I : growing under a coral

[KathyC]

Very nice find Jon. So put it back at roughly the same height it was but at a slight angle where can observe & appreciate it & maybe it will show itself a little more. :starfish:

 

[jhale]

it has this above it, Acropora Suharsonoi

I got this piece from greenwich aquaria, this is from when it first went in the tank.

 

[inline6]

Sponge Bob's cousin?

 

[BroRage]

thats kind of weird..reason for asking was because i found the same thing when i was snorkling around in the keys..

 

[jhale]

I'll ask Jason if he remembers where it came from. I guess they are common, just not in our tanks. there was no sign of it when I got the coral, the base was pretty clean.

 

[reefman]

it may be a new species.
i say we call it "jhale's neon orange stuff".

 

[lfsmarineguy]

I had some of those colonial tunicates show up in the midsection of my tank inside the rock work, same exact pattern. It was viewable from the right side of the tank but wasn't getting direct light but good flow. Mine was orange, purple, and light blue. One of the coolest things I have ever seen in my tanks..... and then my turbos ( I'm pretty sure since they were the last ones seen with them alive) ate them all :tired:.

 

[TimberTDI]

say we call it "jhale's neon orange stuff".

No, it has to be called jhale's neon orange stuff LE; so he can charge $400 a frag. To the non-MR community of course.

 

[tunicata]

awesome, the first thing I thought when I saw the pic was "omg, are those colonial tunicates??"

...can I have some? please? I only have 1 tunicate so far and its solitary and brown...

 

[212jay]

Dibz!!!!!!!!!! Cool find JH

 

[Brian65901]

Could it be that something in your tank is spawning?

 

[jhale]

awesome, the first thing I thought when I saw the pic was "omg, are those colonial tunicates??"

...can I have some? please? I only have 1 tunicate so far and its solitary and brown...

I'm not even sure how to frag them without killing them. and I can't break the rock because they are under a colonies base.

I'll give it a try guys, who knows how fast they grow? I've had that coral for about 6 months, so you could say that's at least 5 months growth.

 

[jhale]

close ups

I got a couple shots yesterday. these are in the tank, you can see them just starting to grow out from under the rock. They are very small, each one is maybe a 1/4" in diameter so shooting them was a challenge. I did not have time to grab a tripod so I was holding the camera and with the macro extension on the shutter speed dropped to 1/10 of a sec. thus the blurry pics.

these little guys are so fragile, after looking at them again I doubt if I could get a piece off that would live.

 

[jf2381]

I like! Very nice find!

 

[drperetz]

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that piece itslef is beautiful with all sorts of algae...

5 cool points.

 

[jhale]

You wanted them, you can bid on them at the frag swap! :pimp:

These are going on the auction block!!

Good luck Tunicate Lovers :inlove:

 

[masterswimmer]

Nice donation Jon. Hopefully you'll put a note on it that says the winner needs to offer you a 'frag' of it back as soon as your new setup is up and ready

R

 

[EmilyT]

who knew these would go for over 50 dollars!

 

[tsinkoy]

who won them at the auction?

 

[EmilyT]

tosiek did