Pineapple sponges getting out of hand

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Any way to get rid of pineapple sponges? They’re growing in between my zoas and look to be causing issues for them. Any thoughts?
Often silicates are cause. Can be from new rock, new sand, from tap water if used and expired or leaking Di Resin cartridges.
These are short lived and will dissipate as silicates reduce. You can peel them off with the edge of a credit card into a net if they are too many
They are not harmful and cherish algae if they get any. To reduce, assure you are not using tap water and maintain a clean sandbed. Also assure your rodi cartridges if you are using unit are not dirty or expired
 

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Any way to get rid of pineapple sponges? They’re growing in between my zoas and look to be causing issues for them. Any thoughts?
You can do a hydrogen peroxide dip. They should go away on their own soon though.
 
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Do you have a photo? Are you positive they're pineapples?
My lights just went off but yes they’re pineapples. They’re in the sump in one of my tanks and in between my zoas in a separate tank. I don’t have any in my big tank, only a couple in the sump) and I’m using the same source of water for all of them so it’s hard to understand why they are in one location versus another!
 
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Often silicates are cause. Can be from new rock, new sand, from tap water if used and expired or leaking Di Resin cartridges.
These are short lived and will dissipate as silicates reduce. You can peel them off with the edge of a credit card into a net if they are too many
They are not harmful and cherish algae if they get any. To reduce, assure you are not using tap water and maintain a clean sandbed. Also assure your rodi cartridges if you are using unit are not dirty or expired
Thanks for the recommendations. Will check my RODI unit. Probably time to switch out resin. Just hard to know because I use the same RODI source for all my tanks and this si only in a single tank and in another’s sump but not in the others. I wonder if they came in on the zoa rock and then spread. Will look into the water though.
 

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Thanks for the recommendations. Will check my RODI unit. Probably time to switch out resin. Just hard to know because I use the same RODI source for all my tanks and this si only in a single tank and in another’s sump but not in the others. I wonder if they came in on the zoa rock and then spread. Will look into the water though.
They appear in areas where its low light and water flow
 
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