divemonster
05/08/2009, 11:27 AM
Ok, I almost broke my arm patting myself on the back with FINALLY getting sponges to thrive in my tank. This may sound really strange but it was my high maintenance 6g nano cube that gave me the clues I needed to solve the puzzle. Exposing the sponge to NO AIR whatsoever was probably the biggest part of the success. Here are some photos :D
I call this sponge a Flower Sponge, but I have seen it called a Paddle sponge too
http://i344.photobucket.com/albums/p325/divemonsterscuba/paddlesponge.jpg
You can see how it has attached itself to the rock. It's almost a year old.
Here's the strawberry vase sponge
http://i344.photobucket.com/albums/p325/divemonsterscuba/strawberysponge.jpg
As you can see it is attaching itself to the rock. I've been worried about this beautiful sponge. It was at the top of the bag in shipping and 75% of the sponge was exposed to air. It has died back alot. But being the optimist I keep hoping it will somehow pull through.
Here is one of the stony corals next to the strawberry sponge and you can see the sponge is growing onto the rock
http://i344.photobucket.com/albums/p325/divemonsterscuba/Tank1Year020.jpg
The depth of field is not as shallow in this picture as much as the one above.
I call this sponge a Flower Sponge, but I have seen it called a Paddle sponge too
http://i344.photobucket.com/albums/p325/divemonsterscuba/paddlesponge.jpg
You can see how it has attached itself to the rock. It's almost a year old.
Here's the strawberry vase sponge
http://i344.photobucket.com/albums/p325/divemonsterscuba/strawberysponge.jpg
As you can see it is attaching itself to the rock. I've been worried about this beautiful sponge. It was at the top of the bag in shipping and 75% of the sponge was exposed to air. It has died back alot. But being the optimist I keep hoping it will somehow pull through.
Here is one of the stony corals next to the strawberry sponge and you can see the sponge is growing onto the rock
http://i344.photobucket.com/albums/p325/divemonsterscuba/Tank1Year020.jpg
The depth of field is not as shallow in this picture as much as the one above.