Sponge Plague

[bbehring]

I'm not sure if this is the correct forum to post this in, but here goes. I have been nearly overrun by these small, stringy, white fleshy spong looking things. Originally they strated and overrun my fuge. I was told at this time to as a solution to eradicate, cut off nutrient import into my fuge, which I did by cutting off my overflow pump during feeding. But unfortunately these sponges have now made into my main display and are reaching near plague proportions. I recently reduced the flow to this area of my display and think this may be the reason why they have taken a foothold in this area? Also wondering if anything eats these little buggers? I recently had my potters angle carpet surf and he seemed to always pick on my rocks and stuff like this? Any thoughts?

 

[Butt Fish]

is it white or grey/clear?

I also had a white sponge in my tank and exposed it to direct air which killed it

 

[bbehring]

they're milky white and it's all over a couple large pieces of LR. Would be difficult to get them out of my tank at this point.

 

[Grins]

scypha sponges maybe?

 

[bbehring]

Grins, any way to get rid of them via fish or invert?

 

[ManilaMan]

some research suggest that the presence of sponge in a reef aquaria is a sign of excellent water quality so congrats! job well done

 

[bbehring]

but a million of them? Well would you believe 30? The are kind of funky looking, like white, thick snot dripping out of a kids nose! They are growing rapidly across some of my rock scape. I think my potters angle must have kept them at bay before he carpet surfed!

 

[DiazE]

Can you post pics; just to see if it's what I have in the sump?

 

[bbehring]

I'll try and get some pics up today sometime. My pic skills suck!