Sponge around my zoas

captain639 · 08/27/2008, 08:07 PM

I was just wondering if this is anything to worry about, I have a sponge growing around the base of some of my zoas. It is the ones on the right side of the rock.

AR_Clint · 08/27/2008, 08:12 PM

I'm by no means an expert, but I've removed those same sponges from my aquarium before. If you do something to irritate the zoas so that they shrink up, I bet you can just pull the sponge off of them.

scorpiocasper · 08/28/2008, 12:22 AM

We had a very cool yellow sponge around a zoa colony that we got a few months back, the bad news is that as the sponge grew it covered the zoas. My suggestion is to peel the sponge....

xADUBx · 08/28/2008, 02:03 PM

I have a similar sponge in a colony of zoas, the zoas seem to be slowly withering away. I have pulled some of the sponge out but I am not able to get it all.

I would carefully remove the sponge as AR_Clint and scorpiocasper said.

Garage1217 · 08/28/2008, 02:06 PM

Most sponges die fast when exposed to air, zoa however do not. I would leave the rock out for 15 minutes... should kill it off. Just a thought.

I accidentally left some zoa on the counter I did not see when I was transfering tanks for about 5 hours!!!! Put them in the tank and the next day they were open! Ticked off a little but open! Doing much better now.

captain639 · 08/28/2008, 06:32 PM

Ok, I will try to tear the sponge off.

08/27/2008, 08:07 PM	#1
captain639 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 366	Sponge around my zoas I was just wondering if this is anything to worry about, I have a sponge growing around the base of some of my zoas. It is the ones on the right side of the rock. __________________ Diagnosed with reef narcosis, Current Tank Info: 300 gallon reef

08/28/2008, 12:22 AM	#3
scorpiocasper Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: San Tan Valley, AZ Posts: 968	We had a very cool yellow sponge around a zoa colony that we got a few months back, the bad news is that as the sponge grew it covered the zoas. My suggestion is to peel the sponge.... __________________ Nicole and Rick Current Tank Info: 180 gal mixed reef with 3 x 250 XM MH (14k), 4 T5s (10k and actinic), 2 x Koralia 4, CPR HOB Fuge, 1/4 Current chiller, skimmer and FX5. 45 gal. flat back hex with overflow and sump (seahorses and garden eels) & 55 g planted fresh

08/28/2008, 02:06 PM	#5
Garage1217 GET OFF MY LAWN Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Globally Posts: 5,869	Most sponges die fast when exposed to air, zoa however do not. I would leave the rock out for 15 minutes... should kill it off. Just a thought. I accidentally left some zoa on the counter I did not see when I was transfering tanks for about 5 hours!!!! Put them in the tank and the next day they were open! Ticked off a little but open! Doing much better now. __________________ No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness ~ Aristotle If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it? ~ Albert Einstein I'm just as bent as ever. Hellishly so ~ Captain Jack Sparrow Current Tank Info: Systems and goodies by Lee-Mar / Coralvue / Neptune Systems / Jager / Spectrapure / Cree / Meanwell + more!

08/28/2008, 06:32 PM	#6
captain639 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 366	Ok, I will try to tear the sponge off. __________________ Diagnosed with reef narcosis, Current Tank Info: 300 gallon reef

08/27/2008, 08:12 PM	#2
AR_Clint Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Mesa, Arizona Posts: 238	I'm by no means an expert, but I've removed those same sponges from my aquarium before. If you do something to irritate the zoas so that they shrink up, I bet you can just pull the sponge off of them.

08/28/2008, 02:03 PM	#4
xADUBx Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Gilbert, AZ Posts: 51	I have a similar sponge in a colony of zoas, the zoas seem to be slowly withering away. I have pulled some of the sponge out but I am not able to get it all. I would carefully remove the sponge as AR_Clint and scorpiocasper said.