New invert in the tank. Id help

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O I was doing tank maintenance this evening and found several of these on my clip/thermometer
 

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Here's better pics from when I scraped them off out of the tank
 

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No my guess is a tunicate, or pineapple sponge. Google the image and see if that matches. I would do it for you but I'm on my phone sorry lol. If so they are harmless. You will have an explosion of them for a short time if you have high silicates but they will go away!
 
No my guess is a tunicate, or pineapple sponge. Google the image and see if that matches. I would do it for you but I'm on my phone sorry lol. If so they are harmless. You will have an explosion of them for a short time if you have high silicates but they will go away!

Yup. Pineapple sponge is it.. Thank you very much
 

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