Is this a birds nest coral?

This coral started out as a bubble coral that died off about a year ago, I left the skeleton in the tank and never removed it. About 2 months ago I noticed what looked like algae growing on the skeleton, brownish colored. In the process of pulling out some calerpa I knocked the skeleton behind my rock wall. Well yesterday,
while cleaning my tank, I rearranged some of my live rock and I found the skeleton. When I pulled it up I saw that it had grown this white stalk type skeleton and what I had thought was some sort of algae was actually polyps extending out of the white stalks. Now to the problem at hand I have no idea what it is, so in turn I don't know how to take care of it. Any ideas, from all of the great minds out there?

ps: the bubble coral skeleton is still there and is not part of this new coral.

 

Hard to tell but it looks like it could be a pocillopora or a stylophora. Interesting hmmm

 

Very cool, hard to tell from the pic. Try and replicate the light it got when you found it along with the flow. It looks as though it was doing quite well.

 

My thoughts also.

 

I think she is right.I def looks like a pocillopora to me.Nice find by the way.

 

I'll try and get better pics with my other camera tomorrow, so check back and see how they turn out. Thanks..

 

I went and googled the names you guys suggested and by the pictures I'd have to say the id's were right on the money.

I am amazed at how fast this coral has grown, in the 2 months since I first saw it till now it went from no visible skeleton to a skeleton that's probably 2 inches tall.... wow

 

do you have any pocillopora in your tank? i cant see how one could spawn out of nothing...it would have to be something you already have in your tank...pocilliporas are very aggressive spawners and spreaders...and if you had one in your tank you would already know that...

looks like it could also be colt coral...but without knowing what corals you keep in your tank it is tough to say....if you already have a pink or green poci in your tank then that is likely what it is...

 

I only have soft corals in my tank for the most part, and I've never had anything that looked even remotely close to this. Is it possible that it hitch hiked into the tank on another coral?

 

Yes very possible, and not uncommon for pocillopora to spawn and attach to substrate. How true that is of stylophora I do not know. Some people that keep sps will not keep pocillopora just for that reason.