Sponge question

[shaneh]

quick question-

i have really been focused on the tank and everything is looking good. Except i have an orange sponge and ever since i have had it about 5 months it has been very slowly receeding. It is placed inthe bottom of the tank under 5 t5's and VHO with mid flow and i feed phyto.

Any idea on how i can get it to grow again? or should i frag it up to let others try? let me know if you have an idea.....thanks

 

[Grant W]

Shane from what I have seen they like Really low light like the underside of rocks or sump lighting and a tank thats has some nitrates and phos.What are your tank test results at now?

 

[Luhring]

Ya sponges like it close to the dark, up in the shaded areas under the shelf rock or something. I had one that just melted when I left it out in the open.

 

[northbay-reefer]

Shane, maybe you are not sponge worthy ... lol j/k

They do like lower light like Grant said

 

[NeonFish]

I had one that was about 3" in diameter. I moved it around the tank letting it get attached to the rocks. The original sponge died, but I now have 2 smaller ones that are growing. One is 1/4" and the other is about 3/8" in diameter. What are you feeding it?

 

[shaneh]

thanks guys, i'll move it around and try to find a shadded spot. I don't have a lot of rock for shade but I'll look......feeding just phyto...should i feed anything else?

 

[Luhring]

Just pyhto and trace elements is all I ever did.

 

[Grant W]

Plus a good dose of fish poop