Unnamed Blue Tort / Something I've never seen

[OregonReefer2]

A couple months back I picked up a frag of an awesome Unnamed Blue Tort . I mounted it on a small rock and it's gone nuts nearly doubling in size

Now the odd part... I moved it a few days ago. With the placement I ended up rotating it 180 so I can see the side I haven't been observing

On this side of the colony there are 4 "mouths" (there where 3 but it's grown another that I thought was one dying) that send out a barnacle like sweeper. The sweeper is fan like (not fan worm like in that fan worms have the inside out umbrella thing going but fan like as somewhat flat but cupped to catch things) and seems to be able to rotate to meet the changing needs of the current

Is this something unusual or just something noobie me hasn't seen before?

 

[SPSFiend]

Pictures?

 

[OregonReefer2]

Sorry for the poor quality pic... crappy camera

The 4 "mouths" are the teardrop/oval shaped things... One closed near the bottom, one open and sweeping and one closed about 1/3rd up and one open just above the half way mark.

You can't see the sweepers in the pic as they are near translucent and like I say... crappy camera (the shadow you see is the front of the camera reflected on the glass)

 

[Big E]

Those are barnacles

 

[plyle02]

agreed with Big E... Perhaps wild or maricultured? Not often on tank raised or aquacultured do you see that type of barnacle growth.

 

[Frick]

That's not a tortuosa. Maybe parilis? http://sdmas.com/corals/469.php

 

[OregonReefer2]

agreed with Big E... Perhaps wild or maricultured? Not often on tank raised or aquacultured do you see that type of barnacle growth.

I guess my initial barnacle hunch was correct. I've just never seen anything like this

It was a frag from a local reefer. I think he got it from another local guy that sold off all of his SPS (this guy got a steal on this buyout: Oregon Tort, Cali Tort, Strawberry Shortcake.. All large colonys for like $300 total)...

This thing has been around for some time now...