What are these things growing in my sump?

R33fDaddy

Active Member
View Badges
Joined
Apr 29, 2021
Messages
420
Reaction score
282
Location
Orlando
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
I feel like I'm always discovering something weird in my reef tank lol. Was changing filter floss and discovered a bunch of these white things growing in the sump. What are they? Are they bad?

20210621_121034.jpg
20210621_121056.jpg
 
OP
OP
R33fDaddy

R33fDaddy

Active Member
View Badges
Joined
Apr 29, 2021
Messages
420
Reaction score
282
Location
Orlando
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
Cool so leave the sponges alone or should I try to remove them at some point if becomes too many?


Also, are these Barnacle looking things okay? I see them all the time when I go fishing.
20210621_132550.jpg
 

Waters

"...in perfect isolation, here behind my wall."
View Badges
Joined
Nov 5, 2013
Messages
8,051
Reaction score
17,540
Location
Mentor, OH
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
You can leave them but they will multiple like crazy covering anything in your sump. Every 6 months or so I clean them all out. They will grow in any dark area.
 

When to mix up fish meal: When was the last time you tried a different brand of food for your reef?

  • I regularly change the food that I feed to the tank.

    Votes: 24 27.0%
  • I occasionally change the food that I feed to the tank.

    Votes: 32 36.0%
  • I rarely change the food that I feed to the tank.

    Votes: 26 29.2%
  • I never change the food that I feed to the tank.

    Votes: 6 6.7%
  • Other.

    Votes: 1 1.1%
Back
Top