Awesome video showing how sponges pump water with fluorescent dye

[SpaceGhost]

This is a great video that gets amazing at the 5:40 mark when he starts to put fluorescent dye around the base of sponges. What happens a few moments later is truly breathtaking! At a minimum it will show you where to aim when you target feed but more importantly it just looks cool.

http://youtu.be/m8a0oNsDEx8

(Could somebody please embed the video, I can't get the link on a mobile device)

Enjoy

SPACEGHOST

 

[Barracuda68]

I do not know how o embed the link, but it was an awesome segment.

 

[Da Maui life]

Cool!

 

[synapse2]

amazing

 

[zeebies]

Thanks for posting!

 

[leetch]

That was great....thanks!

 

[Mattewell]

Thats very cool to see, but that dye can't be good for them.

 

[mfalco]

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[igot2gats]

Absolutely, wow. Great find.

There needs to be more vids like this on other ocean animals.

 

[vette.tech]

That was WAY WAY cooler than I expected

 

[billsreef]

I'm going to have to get some flourescein for my next dive

 

[Zacktosterone]

Cool!!!

 

[mayjong]

i had no idea....

 

[stewmiester]

Great video. Thanks for sharing!

 

[Disher]

Excellent video. Now someone needs to bottle up fertilized sponge eggs so we can seed our aquariums!

 

[121]

I saw this video on Reddit the week. I was amazed at the speed the sponge was processing water. Do you think owning a similar sponge could act as a natural filter? I wonder if that type of sponge requires silicates.

 

[billsreef]

Those sponges require lots, and lots of food. They tend to be difficult to keep in captivity as our water tends to be too clean for them...in terms of planktonic food.

 

[jBugg]

Thanks for sharing the vid!! That's really awesome.

 

[1fishkeeper]

Wow they really do pump mass amounts of water through them. I have always wondered how much they really move. Thanks for posting the video I have learned something today.