What is this growing under my cabbage corals? Small cabbage corals?

[alexanderthefishlover]

Hey,
Boosting a lot here today.

Anyone know what these tiny polyps are under my cabbage corals?

I’m terrified of zoas or anything with palytoxin and will literally freak out if this is something with it.

 

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Not Zoas or palys

 

[alexanderthefishlover]

Not Zoas or palys

Thank god. Any ideas what it is?

 

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Thank god. Any ideas what it is?

Not really. Almost looks like a possible GSP that's not open.

 

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Is it soft or does it feel like it has a skeleton?

 

[alexanderthefishlover]

Not really. Almost looks like a possible GSP that's not open.

I just thought that also was just googling what it looks like

 

[alexanderthefishlover]

Is it soft or does it feel like it has a skeleton?

I didn’t want to touch it but it blows in the water they are super super tiny

 

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Does it fluoresce green?

 

[alexanderthefishlover]

Does it fluoresce green?

The inside yes the (I’m going to call them fingers) are brownish

 

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It's really hard to see in the shadow of the leather. Either GSP, Sympodium, or maybe a Daisy Polyp.

 

[alexanderthefishlover]

Does it fluoresce green?

like super tiny versions of this in a way the green in the middle and brown fingers

 

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Could be a Sympodium then.

 

[alexanderthefishlover]

Could be a Sympodium then.

Should I remove it and place it elsewhere??

 

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Should I remove it and place it elsewhere??

That'd be fairly difficult. Sympodium and GSP encrust. You'd have a better chance of removing the cabbage. However, you can leave it where it is. The one will grow low along the rock, the cabbage will grow up. Up to you .

 

[alexanderthefishlover]

They can touch? And they won’t kill each other?

 

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They can touch? And they won’t kill each other?

They may have some "coral warfare" but it's unlikely that they'll kill each other. Both are fairly hardy.

 

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I'm not great with softies so hopefully someone will chime in and either agree with me or correct me.

 

[Tcook]

Maybe a small piece of porities? Maybe some expert help @encrustingacro

 

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Maybe a small piece of porities? Maybe some expert help @encrustingacro

If you zoom in, it definitely looks more softy than Porite. I was thinking maybe something like that until I saw the lashes in one pic

 

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