little white thing in refugium

[tattoooedlex]

Hi folks, i am brand new out here and still very new to this hobby. ive searched out here before and have always seemed to find answers to my questions, for that, i thank you all. i may be posting this in the wrong spot, and if so, my aologies.
heres my problem little white things attached to refugium glass. they are all over the place. do not seem to be moving. do not resemble coepods that i have seem rummaging in my chaeto. so i am totaly clueless. hopefully i figured out how to attach a pic

 

[Misled]

First welcome.

Second, is this it?

If so, it's a Scyon.

 

[ItzJustinN]

there is an error with your pic. but im gonna take a wild guess and say its Spirorbid polychaetes.

 

[tattoooedlex]

no definately not, hard to describe, just tiny ( maybe not even a quarter of an inch ) white, look almost like tiny tubes attached to walls and return pump in refugium only. there are tons of them, a few look like they have little legs, but they do not appear to be moving at all. cant seems to figure out how to get a pic to show up here, i added 1 but doesnt show up

 

[tattoooedlex]

maybe this will work

 

[ItzJustinN]

nope, try taking a new picture.

 

[tattoooedlex]

ugh this is gonna drive me crazy

 

[ItzJustinN]

^^^ tunicate

 

[tattoooedlex]

maybe this can help

maybe this can help

http://www.shutterfly.com/lightbox/view.sfly?fid=942edae05ce5c1d16276141d224b0f78

 

[tattoooedlex]

Well apparently a pic isnt going to happen, evertime i uoad it fails. The only other thing i can say is that they look like tiny pieces of rice sticking off the walls of the sump. I have a three stage sump. And they are in all three.

 

[AliciaP]

Are they round? Are the a line? Anything coming from one end or the other? Any color at one end or the other? Is it hard?

 

[hollister]

Its a sponge and a cool one look here..


http://www.melevsreef.com/id/

 

[tattoooedlex]

ok i think this time the pics may have worked, these little things are everywher in refugium maybe 30 or so

 

[tattoooedlex]

hers some more pics

 

[MarkGP]

Sponge

 

[tattoooedlex]

with so many of them popping up should i be worried? or just let them be my little filter crew?

 

[ajcanale]

That many sponges developing might point out high silicates in your water. Are you using RO/DI water? Regardless, sponges are nothing to worry about at all, let them be.

 

[tattoooedlex]

every tuesday i do a 10-15% change with ro water. however i did just put a new peice of rock in the refugium a week ago, i am assuming they came from that.
btw
90 gallon
thrree stage aqueon sump with refugium
only 5 months old
live sand and rock
at present only four 3 stripe damsels and two feather dusters
aquamora c hang on skimmer
fead fish every other day
ammaonia 0
nitrite 0
nitrate <2
ph @8.1
headache level so far minimal

 

[elrey]

Pineapple sponge