Sponge?

[AquaMan91]

Hey all! well heres the story; i was at my LFS the other day and they had an amazing array of sponges, the red ones really caught my eye.. i just have a question; will it survive in my biocube 8? i have stock lights(will be changed very soon! ordering MH).. i will put it in a good amount of flow.. any advice would help thanks! heres a link to the page with the sponge if it helps;

http://coralreeffarm.com/store.php?p...ed_tree_sponge

thanks!!

[scoop]

Sponges don't need a lot of light or flow. Many of them grow in shade and even complete darkness (like on the bottom of the lr in your tank.). One thing you do want to be careful of is that they cannot have any contact w/ air. If the lfs or you when you get home expose them even for a few seconds to air either the whole sponge will die or the part that got exposed will. They are very difficult to transport because of this.

[zero186]

Originally Posted by scoop

Sponges don't need a lot of light or flow. Many of them grow in shade and even complete darkness (like on the bottom of the lr in your tank.). One thing you do want to be careful of is that they cannot have any contact w/ air. If the lfs or you when you get home expose them even for a few seconds to air either the whole sponge will die or the part that got exposed will. They are very difficult to transport because of this.

+1 on the air if they touch it i can damage them

[jenglish]

Here is the whole air/sponge death thing. Thy are filter feeders and they need water to pass through to eat. If they get a bubble in their very delicate tissues it can get stuck. It prevents them from filtering. Jets of water may dislodge the air bubble but realize some of their structures are damaged quite easily.

HTH

[Loverotties]

Very true!