New Reefer - What is this freeloader? Tunicate?

[theplantman]

I just added my first corals to my tank and noticed this guy attached to the base of my Fox Coral. Is this a tunicate and can it stay?

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[derek_s]

The pics are really small. Can you link to higher res?

 

[theplantman]

i had to use photobucket, could not get pictures to drag and drop to my thread, any idea how to enlarge from photobucket

>http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt17/theplantman/09-01-22-004.jpg</a>

>http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt17/theplantman/09-01-22-005.jpg</a>

 

[stickx911]

after some photobucket hacking...j/k

I don't know what it is, but here are some bigger pics

>http://s593.photobucket.com/albums/tt17/theplantman/?action=view&current=09-01-22-004.jpg</a>

>http://s593.photobucket.com/albums/tt17/theplantman/?action=view&current=09-01-22-005.jpg</a>

 

[theplantman]

thanks for the help. Now that I have that figured out posting pics of the tank should be easy

 

[ace1204]

looks like a chili coral stump or something i cant tell what it is, put it in your mouth and see if it taste like chili lol j.k. dont do that

 

[seedless reefer]

Looks like a sponge of some sort.

 

[theplantman]

Thanks for the replies, I know it is alive, the ends that looks like a spout( there are at least three on this thing) will close into the body when disturbed by a snail or crab as well as when it picks up vibrations from people walking by the tank. And they close quick.