ID please

[trik]

as you can see this is a dead piece of coral i think may be a torch, any way under its old heads is a olive green and black soft mat , it is also spreading to the old coral heads, the plack part has holes in it, im sorry this is the best pic i can get at the mo, any ideas please,
i wonder if this is what killed the coral in the first place!

[Macca]

Cant see from your pic but their is an encrusting black sponge that grows on healthy LPS that evenyually smothers over them. It is black with a velvet look and feel with numerous opening.

James

PS Nice porites rock!

[trik]

Cant see from your pic but their is an encrusting black sponge that grows on healthy LPS that evenyually smothers over them. It is black with a velvet look and feel with numerous opening.

James

PS Nice porites rock!

that sounds like it , it is velvet to touch and the black part of it has numerous holes over it , and the olive green bit is like velvet to but with out the holes, i will see i can get a better pic with the help of the missis ,

as for the porites rock iv had that for about 2 years , great edition to the tank with its blues yellows reds greens and white spirobranchus giganteus.