Any idea what these might be?

[Original Fin]

For all you reef veterans it's probably not any big deal to find unexpected coral frags with new adds, but being new to the hobby, for me, it's like finding aztec gold! Anyway, I'm trying to figure out if I should try to relocate and encourage the growth of these UFO's. Neither are getting much light where they are right now, but I could probably relocate to a grow out rack if I knew what they were and what their needs were.

Two shots here...the first one is growing under a toadstool I've had for about a month. It came attached to several pieces of rubble, and it is growing. At first, I thought this was a part of the toadstool stem, but now I can see it's actually growing apart from the stem and is a completely different color. Notice how the pink blob is begining to grow branch tips...birdsnest or some kind of Acro? For reference, the whole piece is about the size of a thumb. And right in the middle of the pink part, there's another seperate growth...the lavendar and white thing. I think that's something completely different. It will be interesting to see if it continues to grow out, but still a little small for me to hazard a guess.


The next pic is a growth I found on the piece of rock my xenia came on. It's about the size of a pinky nail, purple, with tiny green polyps or spots. Almost seems to be plating, but probably too small to tell that yet. The rock it's on has a dead skeleton of what looks to have been Favia or something with a similar skeletal pattern.


Any ideas?

[kevinpo]

Hello,
The first picture is most likely of a couple of sponges. The second is of an SPS coral, most likely Porites sp. or Montipora sp.

HTH,
Kevin

[Original Fin]

Cool. Thanks Kevin.