Christopher Marks Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 I have a sponge like this in my pico reef that came on my cultured 'real reef rock', it has has been growing quick, I was going to post an ID thread but here it is! A yellow sponge eh? Cool! 2 Quote Link to comment
WV Reefer Posted February 14, 2019 Author Share Posted February 14, 2019 7 hours ago, Christopher Marks said: I have a sponge like this in my pico reef that came on my cultured 'real reef rock', it has has been growing quick, I was going to post an ID thread but here it is! A yellow sponge eh? Cool! Mine started out as one sponge then it ended up everywhere!! 😊 1 Quote Link to comment
Friendly Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 what do sponges do in a tank? I mean...they don't move around do they? what kind of nutrients and lighting do they need to survive/thrive? can they be harmful to tank mates? 1 Quote Link to comment
WV Reefer Posted February 14, 2019 Author Share Posted February 14, 2019 1 hour ago, Friendly said: what do sponges do in a tank? I mean...they don't move around do they? what kind of nutrients and lighting do they need to survive/thrive? can they be harmful to tank mates? They filter. They do not move but they can spread in various ways. Some are photosynthetic. Some can be aggressive in their growth by rapidly covering corals. 1 Quote Link to comment
Friendly Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 how do they anchor on? are they hard to remove if they encroach on your corals? 1 Quote Link to comment
WV Reefer Posted February 14, 2019 Author Share Posted February 14, 2019 9 hours ago, Friendly said: how do they anchor on? are they hard to remove if they encroach on your corals? All of mine, except for two that I bought, just showed up one day. If they get to close to something you can just pic them off. Heres a few from both of my tanks: 8 1 Quote Link to comment
Friendly Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 they look like the stuff nightmares are made of, LoL! so I'm guessing sponges remove easily then? 1 1 Quote Link to comment
Christopher Marks Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 8 hours ago, Friendly said: they look like the stuff nightmares are made of, LoL! so I'm guessing sponges remove easily then? They definitely give off some 'Stranger Things' underworld vibes 😄 They're usually not difficult to scrape off a rock, but small remnants often grow back. 2 1 Quote Link to comment
WV Reefer Posted February 15, 2019 Author Share Posted February 15, 2019 8 hours ago, Friendly said: they look like the stuff nightmares are made of, LoL! so I'm guessing sponges remove easily then? 10 minutes ago, Christopher Marks said: They definitely give off some 'Stranger Things' underworld vibes 😄 They're usually not difficult to scrape off a rock, but small remnants often grow back. I haven’t had one yet that I couldn’t just pick off if needed. The yellow sponge actually disintegrated into little specs that blew all over the tank and made new sponges. I thought it was dying. 😄 1 Quote Link to comment
TheBig053 Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Best looking tank in hillbilly land 😉 1 1 Quote Link to comment
WV Reefer Posted February 15, 2019 Author Share Posted February 15, 2019 1 minute ago, TheBig053 said: Best looking tank in hillbilly land 😉 Aw, shucks. 😊 1 Quote Link to comment
A Little Blue Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 I like sponges. Happy sponge= happy tank. 3 Quote Link to comment
TheBig053 Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Aint got no work tomorrow! Blastin’ the OutKast! 1 Quote Link to comment
DSFIRSTSLTWATER Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 9 hours ago, WV Reefer said: I haven’t had one yet that I couldn’t just pick off if needed. The yellow sponge actually disintegrated into little specs that blew all over the tank and made new sponges. I thought it was dying. 😄 Damn, I didn't even know that they would do that. That's really cool. I have a couple cool ones on a small piece of rock. 1 Quote Link to comment
WV Reefer Posted February 16, 2019 Author Share Posted February 16, 2019 On 2/15/2019 at 8:21 AM, DSFIRSTSLTWATER said: Damn, I didn't even know that they would do that. That's really cool. I have a couple cool ones on a small piece of rock. Yeah, check out the process: healthy sponge. Split into a separate piece. Original Piece Falling apart. Then the new sponges all over the tank. 6 2 Quote Link to comment
Tamberav Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Love them sponges! I got a big yellow one growing under my rock. 1 Quote Link to comment
WV Reefer Posted February 17, 2019 Author Share Posted February 17, 2019 1 hour ago, Tamberav said: Love them sponges! I got a big yellow one growing under my rock. It’s awesome to find them just popping up everywhere. Quote Link to comment
DSFIRSTSLTWATER Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 2 hours ago, WV Reefer said: Yeah, check out the process: healthy sponge. Split into a separate piece. Original Piece Falling apart. Then the new sponges all over the tank. Wow that's awesome thanks for the pics 😀 1 Quote Link to comment
WV Reefer Posted February 23, 2019 Author Share Posted February 23, 2019 Also fished out the latest crab shed: -looks less gorilla and more stone crab to me. Big boy. 2 Quote Link to comment
dferrari13 Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 14 hours ago, WV Reefer said: Nice pics as always 2 Quote Link to comment
WV Reefer Posted February 23, 2019 Author Share Posted February 23, 2019 16 minutes ago, dferrari13 said: Nice pics as always Thank you. 😊 Quote Link to comment
WV Reefer Posted February 25, 2019 Author Share Posted February 25, 2019 I just caught that big f*cker trying to murder Buffalo Bill! 😠 I mean, Buffalo Bill had it coming, karmically speaking, but I can’t have that. He’s the OG of this tank! I hope I can trap him but: 1 2 Quote Link to comment
Christopher Marks Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 What a jerk! What do you have planned for your trap? 1 Quote Link to comment
WV Reefer Posted February 25, 2019 Author Share Posted February 25, 2019 8 minutes ago, Christopher Marks said: What a jerk! What do you have planned for your trap? Im still working that out. Not much room to maneuver in there! 😄 Quote Link to comment
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.