help identifying hitchhiker please

[shoura]

:eek2: Just found this in my tank--what is it?--is it a goodie or a baddie??? If a baddie how do I get rid of it?
Thanks for any help you can give!

 

[Travis L. Stevens]

Nice picture. It's a Scypha Sponge. AKA Pineapple or Q-Tip Sponge.

 

[shoura]

thanks very much!

 

[papagimp]

Oh my god, I have craploads of those thingies in my sump. I swear, travis, you know everything don't you? I thought they were called tunicates? same thing or different?

 

[flyin2jz]

so are these good or bad or doesnt matter. I have my entire sump almost full of them. I released a few nto the tank and my freakin fish were eating them. please help. thanx Kevin

 

[skippy2]

They are fine. Shows good water quality. No, they are not tunicates.

 

[flyin2jz]

cool i was really worried. They multiplied very quickly and covered the walls of the sump. thanx for the replies guys. Kevin

 

[godather48197]

hi,first post my live rock is covered with these did not know what they were, mostly in shaded areas thanks I will let them go and see what happens thanks