Blue Sponge

[Rocky99]

my blue sponge has been dying off slowly day by day. already shrink by 50percent since 1wk ago when i bought it. is there anything i can do to save it?

[AhLoon]

Any mini bubbles in yr tank? If any of them got trapped in the sponge it'll slowly decay.

[woonming]

The main food for the sponge would be phytoplankton. You need to feed it. You can try to target feed it by directing phytoplankton on it using a stringe.

You can feed both live phytoplankton or frozen phytoplankton.

They grow like weeds when it has proper food source.

Hope it helps

[Rocky99]

thanks... how often do you recommend for the target feeding?

[woonming]

thanks... how often do you recommend for the target feeding?

It depends on your tank size and type of skimmer.

Maybe once a week would help.

[Gouldian]

my blue sponge has been dying off slowly day by day. already shrink by 50percent since 1wk ago when i bought it. is there anything i can do to save it?

From my limited experience, I believe your sponge might not make it liao.

Sponges should never be lifted out of the water during harvesting, transporting or selecting.

If it happens, air will be trapped inside its many channels and thus killing it.

Exposure to air usually can never be varified during purchase cuz sponges will only start showing signs of white/grey spots/fuzz a few days later.

What you could do now is to cut out those portions (white/grey decaying) with a sharp knife underwater in another islolated container.

After that pray for the best!

[Rocky99]

:thanks:i'll try that later

i just target fed the sponge. and i also used a big syringe to blast into the mouths of the sponge. saw some bubbles coming out. hope that helped.

[Gouldian]

:thanks:i'll try that later

i just target fed the sponge. and i also used a big syringe to blast into the mouths of the sponge. saw some bubbles coming out. hope that helped.

Seeing bubbles confirmed that your sponge has been out of the water.

Thus be prepared for the worst.

Actually sponges are one of the best filter feeders in the sea, they are able to process gallons on water per minutes much exceeding their size.

For me, I dun target feed, I just dose into the water columns and leave to the current to bing the food to them just like in the seas. Thus, I am a believer of Phytoplanktons, Zooplanktons and Cyclopeeze.

[loowk]

Marc Wesis Black Powder and Spectra Vital also good sponge food. Mine actually growing bigger and started spreading

[Kelmen]

I read that sponges practically don't do well in aquarium. Sooner or later they are gonna be wasted.

And there are some sponges can overgrow on some coral, suffocating them.

[dleecool]

Hi,

May I know where's the mouth of the blue sponge? I also have one, but never feed b4!!!