Sponge ID

ChucksReefs · May 17, 2010

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Is there anyone here that could share a sponge ID'ing link or 2 with me. I've had these for years. I've finally decided to look for a ID .
 
 

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guppy74 · May 17, 2010

Here are a few sites I found hope it helps.
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/sponges.htm

http://www.cdislands.com/html/photos_subject/photos_animals_marine_sponges.htm

ChucksReefs · May 18, 2010

Thanks Guppy74..
One of the sponges pictured in the links (Aplysina cauliformis) have the same growth pattern. Unfortunatly the coloring is not quite the same. Unless I find a better refernce picture somewhere, I'll just say it is related to this.......

ChucksReefs · May 18, 2010

Or I will just call it a "Rope Sponge" like I did in the past.

Airwolf75 · May 23, 2010

I think it looks like an algae called Codium.

Bongo Shrimp · May 23, 2010

I had one like that, not exactly it, but like it and I had to get rid of it because it would burn you when you touched it. It was a searing pain and then a huge blister would appear. Wish I could have kept it but my tank was so small that it was nearly impossible to work in my tank without touching the sponge.

Cool sponge, tough to ID though.

SurrealSerenity · May 26, 2010

I used those links to try and ID the sponge like stuff growing on my rock but i can't. On my old live rock I had a yellowish like sponge growing all over it but I exchanged it for new live rock when I re-aquascaped and now all of sudden I've got very white spongy stuff growing on one my rocks and its not one of the new ones. Its a pristine white and its kind of scattered and out in the open. I can't get a good picture. Any ideas?

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