Surprise, free soft corals

Paul B · 08-14-2011, 04:32 PM

As I was looking at my algae trough tonight I noticed a bunch of hair algae in there which is what I want, but I also noticed about 2 dozen polyps.
They are soft, I thought they would be hard because they look like little 3/8" buttons but I touched them and they are soft. They are at the beginning of the trough where they get the most turbulence but the lease amount of light.
I don't yet know what they are but when I get time I will have to turn off the skimmer to stop the water flow so I can see them better and take some pictures. I have never seen these before but it seems that I get this a lot, things popping up from no where.
I can't tell if they are tropical or something from local NY waters.

Paul B · 08-15-2011, 12:09 PM

Here are some of the little suckers in my algae trough

csingh07 · 08-15-2011, 08:25 PM

Weird, what in the world are those? I have never seen anything that looks remotely similar to that

Paul B · 08-16-2011, 05:48 AM

They look like tiny watermelons

Paul B · 08-30-2011, 08:36 AM

Here are some more "corals" that I found growing in my algae trough. Now I find them scattered in my reef. I like them.

08-14-2011, 04:32 PM	#1 (permalink)
Paul B Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 433 Name: Paul B Location: Nassau NY Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Welcome to Aquarium Forum" 4 Times Said "Thanks" 0 Times Was Thanked 102 Times in 68 Posts	Surprise, free soft corals As I was looking at my algae trough tonight I noticed a bunch of hair algae in there which is what I want, but I also noticed about 2 dozen polyps. They are soft, I thought they would be hard because they look like little 3/8" buttons but I touched them and they are soft. They are at the beginning of the trough where they get the most turbulence but the lease amount of light. I don't yet know what they are but when I get time I will have to turn off the skimmer to stop the water flow so I can see them better and take some pictures. I have never seen these before but it seems that I get this a lot, things popping up from no where. I can't tell if they are tropical or something from local NY waters.

08-15-2011, 12:09 PM	#2 (permalink)
Paul B Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 433 Name: Paul B Location: Nassau NY Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Welcome to Aquarium Forum" 4 Times Said "Thanks" 0 Times Was Thanked 102 Times in 68 Posts	Re: Surprise, free soft corals Here are some of the little suckers in my algae trough

08-15-2011, 08:25 PM	#3 (permalink)
csingh07 Nanoreefer csingh07's Photo Gallery Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 100 Location: Champaign, IL Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Welcome to Aquarium Forum" 2 Times Said "Thanks" 2 Times Was Thanked 20 Times in 18 Posts	Re: Surprise, free soft corals Weird, what in the world are those? I have never seen anything that looks remotely similar to that

08-16-2011, 05:48 AM	#4 (permalink)
Paul B Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 433 Name: Paul B Location: Nassau NY Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Welcome to Aquarium Forum" 4 Times Said "Thanks" 0 Times Was Thanked 102 Times in 68 Posts	Re: Surprise, free soft corals They look like tiny watermelons

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Paul B Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 433 Name: Paul B Location: Nassau NY Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Welcome to Aquarium Forum" 4 Times Said "Thanks" 0 Times Was Thanked 102 Times in 68 Posts	Re: Surprise, free soft corals Here are some more "corals" that I found growing in my algae trough. Now I find them scattered in my reef. I like them.

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