Blue sponge

i got a blue sponge today and am trying to figure out the best place to put it but i don't really know 100% what type it is. So am kinder looking for a positive match. this is what i believe it to be

Niphatiae caycedoi
or
Niphatiae erecta
or
Callyspongiidae callyspongia


and the guys at my LFS was not much help ( it just my xmas job as he put it)

 

I don't know much about sponges, but I do know they need pretty high flow to supply them with food and to keep algae from growing on them. They're not photosynthetic so lighting shouldn't matter as far as I know.

Looks good btw!

Ivan

 

I have something growing that looks exactly like this. It is bright yellow though. I would like to know myself

 

thank you

 

if it looks like mine and it bright yellow it maybe a "Clathrina canariensis" or is it more like a ball with a yellow inside a clear white cover " Mycale laevis ". but this are all guess thou

 

It's going to have to grow out a bit before an ID can be made. For instance, if fingers start growing, then it's a Halichondria and will need bright light (MH, T5HO) and less supplemental feeding.

If it stays more boulder-like, then it's probably a Cliona and you'll need to feed it phytoplankton and zooplankton every day because it's not photosynthetic. On the other hand haliclona look very similar and also need high lighting.

 

ok, because right now i have it sitting on the sandbed in the mid of the tank. later today am going to pick up some phytoplankton and zooplankton and start feeding it once a wk and see where it goes from there.

 

little problem with this guy now. i notice a bleach spot, so i want to frag it and try to save as much of it as possible. so my question is what is the best tool\tools to use to frag it?

 

Nice where did you buy them?

 

Just use a brand new razor blade to cut out bad tissue (while it remains underwater).