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plutoniumJoe
11-11-2010, 04:47 PM
My tank is growing black sponge. Wondering how common it is.
http://i635.photobucket.com/albums/uu72/jgalat/Softies/mushroom.jpg
It can bee seen at the bottom of this rock and between the mushrooms on the top.
skabooya
11-11-2010, 05:11 PM
OMG i love your mushroom rock. Never heard of black sponge though.
lastlight
11-11-2010, 05:15 PM
Are you able to get a better pic of that? Interesting.
ScubaSteve
11-11-2010, 05:19 PM
I've got some black sponge (along with a whole bunch of other sponges I've never been able to ID). Mine kind of grows like a mat over the rocks. How about you?
Milad
11-11-2010, 05:20 PM
i posted something somewhere sometime ago on a rock with black sponge and people told me not to worry
actually i think seahorsefanatic was the one that said hes seen it a few times and its not harmful.
xtreme
11-11-2010, 05:22 PM
I've had some of the same black sponge before. Coincidentally it was also on a purple mushroom rock.
black sponge was the only thing I ever noticed my Blue Linckia eating.
daniella3d
11-11-2010, 06:15 PM
They are quite common. I have black, yellow, orenga, white and pink sponges growing on my liverock.
They usualy start to grow after the aquarium as matured a bit and if there are enough nutriment in the water. Zeovit Sponge Power will help them grow.
plutoniumJoe
11-11-2010, 07:18 PM
Here is a better picture of it.
http://i635.photobucket.com/albums/uu72/jgalat/Softies/bSponge1.jpg
If anyone in the Vancouver wants some it has grown on to some shells in the substrate.
http://i635.photobucket.com/albums/uu72/jgalat/Softies/bSponge2.jpg
plutoniumJoe
11-11-2010, 07:21 PM
Oh yeah, with this post I crack 300.
Joe
don.ald
11-11-2010, 10:08 PM
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intarsiabox
11-11-2010, 10:54 PM
I've had them in my tanks for years with no issues at all. They don't seem evasive.
daniella3d
11-11-2010, 11:13 PM
evasive? :)
I've had them in my tanks for years with no issues at all. They don't seem evasive.
intarsiabox
11-11-2010, 11:35 PM
evasive? :)
Yes, mine have never tried to escape.:lol: I meant invasive of coarse.
plutoniumJoe
11-12-2010, 02:55 AM
Yes, mine have never tried to escape.:lol: I meant invasive of coarse.
Good to know. I kind of like them they provide a nice contrast to some of the richer colours in the tank.
I've had black sponges in my sump for over two years now and forgot about them until I read this! Hasn't been an issue.
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