Something growing on the side of my monte

[iamahab]

I’ve had this monte cap for well over a year, it’s been on the brink of death a few times due to being buried in the sand and poor tank conditions ( new to hobby ). There seems to be these yellowish polyps on the side of it that recede if anything touches the frag. I can’t get a better pic without it turning into a blurry mess. Can anyone identify what it is?

 

[Uncle99]

Aptasia?
fuzzy pic, but definitely pestish…

 

[iamahab]

Aptasia?
fuzzy pic, but definitely pestish…

It’s definitely not aiptasia I have those here and there and use aiptasia x on ‘em. Whatever it is it seems to be coexisting with the monte in peace. Sorry about the blurry pic, I zoomed in as far as I could while holding a magnifying glass in front of the camera.

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

Yeah, I can see what you're asking about, but the pics aren't really clear enough for a solid ID. Does it look sort of like this?:

And one new photo.View attachment 2944717

Or any of these?:

Haha, yeah sorry - that's part of why I threw in the TLDR at the bottom there. Here are some photos of colonial tunicates with similar body structure (and some with - from what I can tell - similar coloration) to help decide if it is a colonial tunicate:
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(The two above images are from here: https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/14/11/977 )

And the link below has a bunch more pics (some are different colonial tunicates like above, some are solitary tunicates):

Ascideacea

www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu

 

[iamahab]

Yeah, I can see what you're asking about, but the pics aren't really clear enough for a solid ID. Does it look sort of like this?:

Or any of these?:

I feel like some of the pics from that link are similar.