Sponges

[paul b]

Sponges. As I was washing my car yesterday I was thinking about sponges. I added this light blue sponge to my tank maybe 15 years ago and the thing really took off. I feel that is a good thing because for it to grow like that it has to be filtering a lot of gunk out of my water which is probably why it looks like gin. I may have accidently spilled a bottle of gin in there but I am not sure.

The sponge tries to grow over everything but it is very easy to trim with an Xacto knife or razor blade.
I feed my tank a lot of clams and there is a lot of clam juice that comes from that. Corals love clam juice (I think) but I am sure the sponge sucks it all up. Sponges filter about 20,000 times their own weight of seawater every day so I am sure all of my water goes through my sponges every day.

I wrote this about sponges a couple of years ago:
http://www.saltwatersmarts.com/?s=sponges

[KingOfAll_Tyrants]

Paul, I like it.  Perhaps I'll try one again; I do have lots of iittle sponges and filter feeders. 

[jonsreefs]

do you think next time you trim them you can give me some if not thats ok lol just wondering!

[paul b]

I just threw out a lot of it.  Come and get it. 

[Origami]

22 hours ago, jonsreefs said:

do you think next time you trim them you can give me some if not thats ok lol just wondering!

 

9 hours ago, paul b said:

I just threw out a lot of it.  Come and get it. 

 

Jon, just know that Paul's in Long Island, NY. That may be a bit far to go for sponge. 

[jonsreefs]

15 minutes ago, Origami said:

 

 

Jon, just know that Paul's in Long Island, NY. That may be a bit far to go for sponge. 

yeah