Green sponge killing zoas

[brettinteriors]

I have been slowly loosing this colony. Haven't paid too much attention too it and chalked it up to not enough flow or whatever. Not a rare or unique specimen but still I don't like loosing stuff and I dont want it to spread to other items. It is isolated to this rock. Any thoughts?

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[A. Grandis]

I'm sorry, but I'm not sure about what you are asking here...

Grandis.

 

[ReeferKimberly]

I really don't know the "proper" way to get rid of sponges....but I know you are never supposed to expose them to air! I bet the sponge will die a lot faster exposed to air than the coral....but...let someone else answer before trying!

 

[A. Grandis]

I don't think the sponge is killing the zoa.
It looks like there is something else going on (bacterial infection or fungus - white film).
Hard to tell by the picture and hard to understand the question...
Please post bigger picture, when you can...

Grandis.

 

[SushiGirl]

I have pink sponge that decided it liked one of my zoa frags a year ago. Exposing it to air for 20 minutes did nothing. The zoas stretched above it & are doing fine, it's living in their shade now.

 

[A. Grandis]

There are many types of sponges. Some of them live with zoas without any problems. There are sponges that actually are found between zoa polyps in nature and that's the way they live.
The temporary air exposure does not aways kill all sponges. Some species are more resistant to air than others.
Most of the time sponges are fine, unless you don't like them.

Grandis.

 

[WestChesterReef]

I hate to jump someones thread, but I have yellow sponge, it IS smothering out the zoas, when you try to remove the sponge the zoas are just coming off with it

 

[650-IS350]

I did 30-45 min hydro dip.. didn't dent sponges. Try to a FW dip that's temp/ph matched to your tank water see if that does anything then after leave out in the air for a bit. If easily removed or looks like you could use tweezers to remove the masses.