ID this: corals, hydroids or else?

dendro982

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Help to ID the new growth, that appeared on the well lit sides of my Christmas tree rocks (first 2 photos - on one rock, 2 others - on another, are they the same?):
Jun10_07a.jpg

Jun10_07.jpg

Aug14_07a.jpg

Aug14_07.jpg


The size is around 1/8" or 3mm in diameter, 8 tentacles, short stalk, grow in groups, covering already around 1" or 2.5 cm space.

What is it, good or bad, what should I do with them - remove? If so, how - scratching off or using the Kalkwasser paste, as for aiptasia?

Thank you.
 
Actually, much darker and uneven color, and a very short stalk - less, than diameter of polyp.
They look not bad - only I worry, if they will try to take over porites - I see on the bottom pictures, that the smallest porites extended tentacles in their direction, this is the first time I had seen their tentacles at all.
 
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