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11-08-2004, 04:25 AM
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| | Stylophora
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Montreal, QC,Quebec Age: 29
Posts: 999
  |  Will this survive
Hey all reefers.
I bought a nice piece of LR from tonga. Got a good deal on it too. it has allot of stuff on it but im not sure if the stuff survived... heres a pic of some sponge. Do you think it will live. Im not even sure if it was alive when i got the rock. It didnt seem to grow in the last week (i bought the rock about a week ago) but i dont know much about sponges so can you let me know what you think.
Thanks
Marc. _________ 
20Gal, 45 lbs LR, 65W PC 10 000K + 65W PC 20 000K + 10Gal sump/fuge
Livestock :hermit and snails, Green star polyps, Button polyps, Finger leather, Xenia, Zoanthids, Mushrooms, Yellow polyps, montipora digitata, acropora, ?mistery polyps?, mistery crab, six line wrasse | 
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11-08-2004, 06:20 AM
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| | Vlamingii Tang
Join Date: Mar 2004
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| Re: Will this survive
From what I know about sponges ( and it's not much )  is if the sponge is exposed to air at any time then it will die  ......................... John | |
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11-08-2004, 06:29 AM
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| | Stylophora
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Montreal, QC,Quebec Age: 29
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| Re: Will this survive
it was exposed to air for the trip home. about 20 minutes. | |
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11-08-2004, 06:58 AM
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| | Sea Dragon
Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Erie, PA,Pennsylvania Age: 34
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 | Re: Will this survive
Sponges and Starfish should never come in contact with air.
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11-08-2004, 07:01 AM
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| | Stylophora
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Montreal, QC,Quebec Age: 29
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| Re: Will this survive
ok then... since its probebly dead should i remove it or just let it be.
The peice of LR also has some sort of polyps of some kind on it but i dont think they survived either.. never saw them open.
Thanks.
Marc. | |
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11-08-2004, 09:33 AM
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| | Vlamingii Tang
Join Date: Mar 2004
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| Re: Will this survive
[quote author=m_lacom99 link=board=Inverts;num=1099927513;start=0#4 date=11/08/04 at 10:01:02]ok then... * since its probebly dead should i remove it or just let it be.
The peice of LR also has some sort of polyps of some kind on it but i dont think they survived either.. never saw them open.
Thanks.
Marc.[/quote]
IMO that would depend on how much of it there is! as the die off will raise your ammonia level but if there is just a very small amount and your system is fairly stable I would just leave it and keep an eye on my ammonia level. But if there is a lot of it you will have to remove the rock from your tank and cure it. That is MO....................... John | |
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11-08-2004, 09:38 AM
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| | Stylophora
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Montreal, QC,Quebec Age: 29
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| Re: Will this survive
The sponge is prety big, well actually its 4 different sponges on the rock all ranging from 1/2" x 2" to about 1" x 3" maybe 4" long. So prety big pieces in my opinion. The rock was cured when i bought it... i would need to cure it again???
Marc. | |
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11-08-2004, 09:54 AM
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| | Vlamingii Tang
Join Date: Mar 2004
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| Re: Will this survive
I would say yes (MHO) as even if a sponge is exposed to air for a very short time like Removing it from the tank and putting it directly into a bag of water for transport from the store to your home that brief air contact will kill it as air gets trapped in it's pores and it will no longer be capable of filtering water so in essence is will starve to death............ John | |
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11-08-2004, 10:33 AM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Fairfield, CA,California
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| Re: Will this survive
Sponges and Starfish should never come in contact with air.
What?!
Haven't you seen that Spongebob Squarepants episode where he goes to visit his squirrel friend who lives in a biosphere bubble at the bottom of the ocean? Yeah he got all dry and stiff, sure, but he was ok in the end! And his starfish pal was ok too!
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11-08-2004, 10:35 AM
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| | Sea Dragon
Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Erie, PA,Pennsylvania Age: 34
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| Re: Will this survive
i either have to get on drugs or have a kid, i am so out of the loop. | |
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