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09-23-2011, 05:41 PM
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Sorry about the problems...my guess is your sponge is dead. If its turning white it got exposed to air and is pretty much gone. I had the same thing happen to me. I chucked the sponge ASAP and did about a 50% water change. Within two to three days everything was back to normal. I did another 30% water change after the third day for safe measures.
Not sure if you seen how they bagged the sponge but the LFS should have bagged and tied it under water. The only acclimating you do at home is to get the water temps the same. Sponges are pretty cool IMO but you gotta be careful with them. I hope everything works out. 
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09-23-2011, 05:49 PM
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well since you can't have the sponge exposed to the air so i assume some of water from LFS got into the tank?
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09-23-2011, 07:46 PM
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If your sponge is turning white it is dying. Blue Sponge release an extremely toxic substance when dying. If you want to save your tank take it out immediately, do water changes and get as much carbon on tank as possible.
Last edited by TimT; 09-23-2011 at 07:51 PM. Reason: clarification
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09-23-2011, 09:02 PM
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Okay, so I think things are under control at the moment. I did a 50 percent water change and stuck on 2 reactors full of carbon as well as changed out the filter sock. I watched the guy at the LFS bag the sponge and it never left the water and it was handled very gently. He gave me a full refund and is helping get the tank back to normal. I took the sponge out as well. I did cut a few small pieces that were still healthy off of it. They are sitting in a bag in. My sump, so you think these are okay or should they be thrown out?
Last edited by windcoast reefs; 09-23-2011 at 09:07 PM.
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#5
09-23-2011, 10:33 PM
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Glad to hear things are under control and sorry about the clownfish. That was very nice of the LFS to give you a refund and help you out.
With that much carbon on the tank and the small size of the sponge frags any toxin that gets released should be absorbed by the carbon. Keep them in but keep a close watch on them. Any sign of white on the sponge take them out. There is a lot of stress for these sponges in collection, packing and then shipping from overseas. Any one of those steps could have caused the problem. It could also have been caused by the rock having boring sponge that dies in transit and then starts to kill the blue sponge. It is very hard to try and figure out what happened as there is so many variables that no one in Canada has control over.
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