soft black coral

I bought a clam that was attached to alittle puck. there is somthing on the puck I assume its alive and growing. I dont no what it is tho or if i should pull it out.

It is soft and black. It almost has the characteristics of a star fish. But dose not move. Its has a velvet texture and is flat. it looks like its spreading "growing"

Any Ideas???

sorry no pics.

 

it may be black sponge i would remove it, black sponge can be toxic

 

After researching black sponge alittle bit i would say thats what it is.

I will probably get ride of it because it is starting to touch the clam shell.

But is it really a bad thing? It seems pretty harmless...

 

hi kenny, i got the info from either sprung or delbeck, tried to find it but can't, some say there are no bad sponge but, after reading it was bad, i just remove it to be on the safe side. he may have been talking about ocean raised black sponge having toxin maybe tank raised is safe, i'll keep trying to find it,

 

i found a site about sponge toxins


Sea Sponges: Reproduction, Medical Research, Biological and Economic Uses


i remember reading the black is the worst

 

Thanks. Its gone..