Growth on Zoa

[TheBeardedGuppy]

Anyone have any idea what this is growing on this zoa frag i picked up? It doesn't react to any stimulation at all touch, feeding, light. It breaks off super easy with tweezers. Doesn't bother the zoa at all. Could it be some sort of sponge?

 

[Gumbies R Us]

@Crabs McJones

 

[DSC reef]

Looks to be sponge, I'd have to manually remove it time from time on the zoas I kept and rock work when it got to close to corals as it will suffocate them

 

[Tahoe61]

Looks like sponge to me as well. If you can remove the frag I would dip in a hydrogen peroxide dilution and use a Q-tip. If you can't remove just gently remove the sponge with soft tooth brush or Q-tip.

 

[Hairyteeth]

Agreed
Sponge and hydrogen peroxide did will handle it no provlem
Tidal gardens recently posted a video all about peroxide dips checker out

 

[StartingATank]

The only thing I can think of other than a sponge, which is very likely on what it is to be, is that there was an LPS on that frag, LPS died, then they fragged zoas onto the frag, and either feather dusters or vermetid snails on there. However, with that being said, sponge is the most likely suspect

 

[TheBeardedGuppy]

Thank you everyone for your input, it is much appreciated!