white sac growing on bottom of sun polyps

[rookie07]

(Bottom left corner) They just ate, which is why they are so long. usually, there is no red/orange viewable b/c yellow is everywhere.
I have a white sac, or ball growing from the bottom of my sun polyps. Its almost the size of a grape, maybe even looks like moss(when I look close, appears to be a web w/ holes).
Any Idea(I think its bc of the trapped food that may have been stuck under the rock.

 

[ming]

sponge

 

[rookie07]

is it bad? in anyway, i realize they arent "bad" ,but might cause a small problem? ie might suffocate the sun polyps? MING I got the Vortech, sick, i love it.

 

[jhale]

not bad, it's a sponge, it's just hangs out and filters the water. they don't get very big, well at least the ones I've seen don't.

 

[rookie07]

put up a pic. Just incase.

 

[Deanos]

It's still a sponge.

 

[rookie07]

Deanos.
I hope you dont hate me, I get the feeling you find me annoying. Hope I wrong.

 

[Deanos]

Hope I wrong.

You're wrong.

 

[DevIouS]

D-Nose treats his buddys like that too..:grumpy:

 

[rookie07]

OK thanks

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

:backtotop

 

[DevIouS]

Awwww that comment was funny.
It's OK to be sentimental

 

[nsiegel5]

Cut that thing off I have one that keeps growing out of control all over one of my zoa colonies, I cut and scrape it off all the time

 

[rookie07]

Thanks.
Should I place it into my ref? throw it out?

can I just use a clean knife? or should I just use my hand and pull it off?

 

[DevIouS]

Leave it.

 

[nanoreefer22]

I'm with Phil, just leave it.

 

[rookie07]

im leaving it. Unless it gets to big and is affecting the sun polyps

 

[nsiegel5]

Cut it off man Im telling you those things grow like crazy get rid of it!!! If you dont believe me its fine just watch it carefully make sure it doesnt overgrow your polyps

 

[rookie07]

I will be watching it carefully.
If it threatens the sun, its gone into fuge.

 

[qckwzrd]

I would just leave it, I have a few different looking sponges in my tank. They are just filter feeders and some are attached to the same rock as my suncorals.

nsiegel5, I've had a sponge attached to a rock with some zoas I had and the sponge grew up towards the light. It didn't grow over the zoas but between them and it did get pretty large. As far as I could see it did harm the zoas at all.