Found these in my sump?

[Silverdot1211]

Just noticed this ball of what ever in my sump. I did notice a tubual (sp?) Coming from one of my zoas the other day and this ball seems to be a Huge colony of them. I am asumming it's bad.....

 

[Goaway]

white spaghetti sponge or tube ball sponge, they prefer dirty water. So if they are just in your sump, I wouldn't worry about them.

 

[Silverdot1211]

white spaghetti sponge or tube ball sponge, they prefer dirty water. So if they are just in your sump, I wouldn't worry about them.

Thanks for the input......after searching those it does appear to be it

 

[Silverdot1211]

So I am looking for ideas... I have doing my best to manually remove what appears to be white spaghetti sponge's. It is getting to the point where a huge clump clogged up my main return line at my gate valve. If it wasn't for my overflow things could have been bad. Once I opened up my gate valve they all came flying out.....is there good way to kill them chemically that won't kill the corals and or fish?

 

[Goaway]

nope. The overflow tubes are perfect homes for filter feedersl. We just have to go in and unclog the pipes.

 

[Silverdot1211]

nope. The overflow tubes are perfect homes for filter feedersl. We just have to go in and unclog the pipes.

Yeah that's what I was afraid of...I guess a gallon of bleach it is ..... jk lol

 

[Silverdot1211]

Dumb question...Since sponges hate air... what would happen if I put an air stone down in my main return? Would I loose siphon? Since the top of the tube is 12inches under water it should still drain.....anybody done this before?