Any ways to eradicate a sponge?!?

Larry101 · Aug 20, 2020

I have been battling a white sponge in my tank for a couple months now and I am on the brink of replacing my current rock with live rock from my lfs, scrubbing each and every piece of coral, and praying for the best. The sponge has been growing and spreading at a very rapid pace. Does anyone have any experience with killing a very invasive spong?

sixty_reefer · Aug 20, 2020

Can we see a pic of the sponge

Larry101 · Aug 20, 2020

sixty_reefer said:
Can we see a pic of the sponge

In the morning when the lights are on lol

dank reefer · Aug 20, 2020

Any reason why you would like to get rid of the sponge?

Larry101 · Aug 20, 2020

Jose Esteves said:
Any reason why you would like to get rid of the sponge?

It killed my monti frag And it has just spread to my Acans

sixty_reefer · Aug 20, 2020

Larry101 said:
It killed my monti frag And it has just spread to my Acans

Really curious to see how it looks like, not seen many invasive white sponges.

csb123 · Aug 20, 2020

There have been reports that Vibrant kills sponges.

eggplantparrot · Aug 20, 2020

Always hear people say not to let sponge be exposed to air or it will kill them from the inside out, so maybe daily micro bubble treatment? blast some air into your wavemakers and hope the small bubbles get stuck in the sponge maybe?

Larry101 · Aug 20, 2020

Here is a pic of the sponge. Also I have been dosing vibrant for 2 months now.

bsr2430 · Aug 20, 2020

Larry101 said:
Here is a pic of the sponge. Also I have been dosing vibrant for 2 months now.

What in the heck kind of sponge is this!

Could you take the rocks out and QT them?

Larry101 · Aug 20, 2020

bsr2430 said:
What in the heck kind of sponge is this!

Could you take the rocks out and QT them?

Just to clarify that is the sponge around the montipora

bsr2430 · Aug 20, 2020

Larry101 said:
Just to clarify that is the sponge around the montipora

Crap, you can’t take the monti off the rock by any chance or would that end badly?

fishface NJ · Aug 20, 2020

I have that same sponge but mine are light neon green. Mine are in the low light. Could yours be white because it’s in higher par? I started with 1 sponge and now maybe 20 in my 40 gallon...took 5 months for the increase

vetteguy53081 · Aug 20, 2020

Its poriferan sponge. It will dry out when exposed to air. If you can , pull piece and place in container upside down allowing Monti to remain wet/submersed and trim away the sponge and let rest semi dry out in the air for a few minutes. Should stop it.