What's growing on my new lava rock?

[RightTurnClyde]

I added a cool piece of lava rock I found at my LFS to my cycling 10 gallon. That was 5 days ago. Tonight I noticed several very tiny stems with 2 tiny leaves growing from it. I tried to get a close up of them. See the picture below. Anyone know what this is? I'm kind of excited if this is going to propagate and become some kind of moss.

 

[Aqua_Goddess]

That'd be so cool if its a moss.it deffinatly looks like a simple organism so far so it should be a short plant,potentially good for breeding grounds or good looks.lol

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[jwh0818]

No way of knowing until it gets bigger. What other plants are in your tank? It may have just been seeds that hitched a rid for awhile. I don't thing any aquarium plants release seeds that are able to travel like that but I could be wrong.

 

[RightTurnClyde]

So far I only have an anubias and 7 stalks of anacharis. I have a feeling they were seeds already on the rock. Although I'm surprised they survived. I soaked it in some pretty hot water and scrubbed it a couple times before putting it in the tank.

 

[Niccobacci11]

I have found a few of these in my tanks right now they just would pop out of the substrate and never get over an inch and always had 2 leaves

 

[Fibsog]

They looks like something terrestrial almost..very cool!

 

[RightTurnClyde]

They looks like something terrestrial almost..very cool!

That's what I was thinking. I'm pretty sure I've seen little guys like this pop up from the dirt in my yard after a good rain.

A couple more popped up today. We'll see if they stay or if it's a temporary thing.

 

[jehenry89]

I don't know about you, but it looks cool what ever it is. If it keeps growing, it would look really pretty if it covered the entire rock! If that happens, can I buy it from you?

 

[ScotJudd]

My guess would be that the lava rock has picked up random seeds, maybe when stored outside and that they won't come to much.
I really hope that I'm wrong though. Can you keep us posted.