Help identify! Green sponge?

[Kentonluff]

Can anyone let me know what this frag is?

 

[Hormigaquatica]

Could you get a little closer photo? It looks like a bare skeleton of some kind.

 

[Kentonluff]

No it's definitely not bare skeleton. There is a part of it that is bare skeleton which I think you can see in the new pic.

 

[MLconstruction]

looks like something died and became algae covered.

 

[Kentonluff]

Well hopefully not I need to go back to the lfs and ask him. He's real cool so he wouldn't sell that to me.

 

[KidReefer]

i am almost 100% sure that is just a bare rock with green coralline algae on it, definitely not a coral srry bout the loss

 

[bobbychullo]

No it's definitely not bare skeleton. There is a part of it that is bare skeleton which I think you can see in the new pic.

lmao. "definitely not bare skeleton... there is a part of it that is bare skeleton"....?

you contradicted yourself there...

you see the "pits" or holes in the calcium carbonate? those are where the polyps of the coral used to live.

sorry man.

 

[MechEng99]

Sorry - that's a dead coral. :-( The lighter greenish white part is just where algae hasn't grown yet. I really hope someone didn't sell that as a live coral.

 

[Alkamist]

looks dead to me as well, if its hard then it is dead skeleton for sure take it back and get your money.

 

[israel.kendall]

He's not so cool, that's an algae covered skeleton.

 

[Kentonluff]

Thanks for the help y'all. I guess it is what it is. I still won't count it as a loss seeing as I like the coralline.

Ps bobby no need to be rude about it. I was asking a simple question. If you wanted to make a snide remark you should have just kept your mouth shut.

 

[Kentonluff]

Ps alkamist it's not har it's actually soft for about a quarter inch deep

 

[Alkamist]

really? huh thats a little strange i can see why you thought it was a sponge then, i would have thought the same thing.

 

[MechEng99]

It's soft? Like squishy soft?

 

[Kentonluff]

No like spongey soft.

 

[bobbychullo]

Ps bobby no need to be rude about it. I was asking a simple question. If you wanted to make a snide remark you should have just kept your mouth shut.

sorry man, i just thought the contradiction was funny. i did not mean to offend.

 

[bobbychullo]

can you get a closer photo? or another angle?

 

[1$R]

yoo how much did you pay for it? yeah all these people thought the same as I did, but you say it's soft?... I don't know about that. If you only paid $5-10 maybe you should keep it, otherwise, I'd return it and yell the crap out at that lfs person that sold you it...how evil to sell something like that.

 

[Kentonluff]

It's all good Bobby guess I just took it the wrong way.

I paid 10 bucks for it. I'm gonna take the photo with me to the lfs. I'm in the store 4 times a week probably. Everyone is cool with me there so if it is in fact algae then they were mistaken. I legit trust those dudes and know they wouldn't intentionally screw me.

 

[Kentonluff]

It's hard to get a real good pic here are a few others.