Not sure if its SPS...ID please

[crizq0]

What kind of coral is this or is it even a coral. I had it as a hitchhiker on my live rock as a single branch and now its grown into a colony. There's a zoanthid there for a size reference.

The skeleton is a bit flexible and not stiff like a stony coral. Kind of like catilage. The red polyps?? doesn't retract when i touch it.

any ideas?

Some one told me it might be some type of gorgonian.

 

[Justin74]

Nothing Ive seen before! My guesses range from macro algae to sponge or tunicate. First glance it really looks like a really red birdsnest!
If there not retracting it's not a polyp though, even gorgonians retract.

-Justin

 

[Oldude]

I've never seen that before but I highly doubt it's sps. It looks more like pipe cleaners to me than coral. Perhaps a macro algae of sorts

 

[wentreefgirl]

Have you tried cutting it. Is it hard. If you touch it does the fuzz retract?

 

[bwest]

My guess would be some type of macro algae

 

[PosinSeaUrchin]

wow i got that same thing in my tank