Sponge eat the sps

[NewAger]

Hi
This sponge eat my sps corals. What is a sponge here? What can I do it with this sponge?
Thanks
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[dzhuo]

I have seen this from time to time but mostly from covering zoas colony. Haven't seen it so aggressively eating up the SPS. Is the SPS unhealthy? I would imagine perhaps a fresh water dip? Or cut off the remain of the corals and discard the portion where it's covered in sponge.

[NewAger]

Yesterday I was dip a fresh water, but I not think that is will remove a problem. SPS whole look like very good, but bottom of sps is dead. My be need buy any fish, which will be eat a sponge and don't touch other corals?

[sanchoy]

Moorish will. but after all the sponge is gone.. then he will likely perish.. so i would rather manual remove the sponge.

[NewAger]

I'm already had Moorish, but when he ate all sponge, he began to eat zoas!!! Bad fish...

[NewAger]

Propblem is still have. Who can help me?

[Allmost]

Hello,
I do not think the Sponge is EATING the SPS.

the SPS is unhealthy and dying from base, and sponge growing on its place. [looks like a packed SPS which this happens to, like the birdsnest look alikes]

what makes a sponge grow that fast ? too much bacteria in water, or too much nutritions for it [other forms]

the tip color of the SPS [which is supposed to be green] confirms this too.

run filter socks, do more water change, skim wetter. basically bost the health of your SPS.

for this piece, cut off a couple of tips, and frag it, and leave the rest as a sponge colony :)

Ive had this happen to my birds net before, and my ora green stylophora.

HTH,