What are these little white things?
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Kurt_Nelson
Aquarium Advice Addict
Hard to tell by the angle, but I think they're just q-tip sponges. I'm guessing they don't move, and are kind soft when you touch them. Kind looks like this?...
If so, then totally harmless filter feeder. They'll come and go as nutrients increase and decrease.
If they don't look like that, or they move... then maybe a better picture or a description might help us narrow it down.
If so, then totally harmless filter feeder. They'll come and go as nutrients increase and decrease.
If they don't look like that, or they move... then maybe a better picture or a description might help us narrow it down.
match55
Aquarium Advice FINatic
I heard that if they r yellow, then they r the one thats bad?
is that right?
I have some yellow one before, but they disappear like in a couple weeks.
is that right?
I have some yellow one before, but they disappear like in a couple weeks.
Thank You!!! Yup, that's what they look like. I am in the process of chaning out my in tank filter box for a sump. As I disassembled the filter box, I started to find them.
Kurt_Nelson
Aquarium Advice Addict
Can't say I've ever heard about yellow q-tip sponges, but there are definitely yellowish ball type sponges. If they are bad, that's news to me. The ones in my tank don't seem to be buggin' anyone.
I think some types of sponges can really mess up a tank if they die and decompose in the tank. But that's probably true about a lot of things!
