Wierd white stuff...
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flower
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Originally Posted by Cranberry
http:///forum/post/3045081
It's a sponge.
That's a sponge????
I would never have guessed a sponge. It can't be a good thing, won't it smother the coral eventually?
http:///forum/post/3045081
It's a sponge.
That's a sponge????
I would never have guessed a sponge. It can't be a good thing, won't it smother the coral eventually?
yosemite sam
Active Member
It does look like a pencil sponge. Most sponges we get as hitchhikers tend to keep to the shaded parts of a tank, so they don't often directly compete with corals for space. My suggestion is just keep an eye on it and if it looks like it's getting out of control, just take it out.
nordy
Active Member
Originally Posted by Yosemite Sam
http:///forum/post/3045156
It does look like a pencil sponge. Most sponges we get as hitchhikers tend to keep to the shaded parts of a tank, so they don't often directly compete with corals for space. My suggestion is just keep an eye on it and if it looks like it's getting out of control, just take it out.
Thanks! Is there any hope for removing the sponge from the zoa rock w/o damaging the zoas? It's not in a shaded place, but it is on the bottom of my 55G tank lighted by T5 lamps.The sponge has been slow growing but it is now showing up in another place and I am definitly keeping an eye on it.
http:///forum/post/3045156
It does look like a pencil sponge. Most sponges we get as hitchhikers tend to keep to the shaded parts of a tank, so they don't often directly compete with corals for space. My suggestion is just keep an eye on it and if it looks like it's getting out of control, just take it out.
Thanks! Is there any hope for removing the sponge from the zoa rock w/o damaging the zoas? It's not in a shaded place, but it is on the bottom of my 55G tank lighted by T5 lamps.The sponge has been slow growing but it is now showing up in another place and I am definitly keeping an eye on it.
flower
Well-Known Member
Originally Posted by Nordy
http:///forum/post/3045231
Thanks! Is there any hope for removing the sponge from the zoa rock w/o damaging the zoas? It's not in a shaded place, but it is on the bottom of my 55G tank lighted by T5 lamps.The sponge has been slow growing but it is now showing up in another place and I am definitly keeping an eye on it.
Should be easy...take the zoa rock out of the water for a few seconds. Sponges can't take any air or they die.
http:///forum/post/3045231
Thanks! Is there any hope for removing the sponge from the zoa rock w/o damaging the zoas? It's not in a shaded place, but it is on the bottom of my 55G tank lighted by T5 lamps.The sponge has been slow growing but it is now showing up in another place and I am definitly keeping an eye on it.
Should be easy...take the zoa rock out of the water for a few seconds. Sponges can't take any air or they die.
flower
Well-Known Member
Originally Posted by Cranberry
http:///forum/post/3046810
This type of sponge doesn't react the same way to air as you may think. If I took my rock out for an extended period of time, it'll still be intact the next day. Hitchhiker sponge is not as delicate as other sponges.
I thought that was the best sure way to kill a sponge, so what can be done?
http:///forum/post/3046810
This type of sponge doesn't react the same way to air as you may think. If I took my rock out for an extended period of time, it'll still be intact the next day. Hitchhiker sponge is not as delicate as other sponges.