Help with Sponge overtaking frags
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T-J
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Scrape it and let it dry out in the sun for a day or two. You can soak it in a bleach solution and then rinse with RODI. I clean my filter socks in a bleach solution. Just make sure you are using pure bleach (I get mine at Lowes).
What kind of sponge is that? My angelfish would crush normal orange/yellow sponge in a second, but it is also not strong enough to overtake a coral and does not grow that fast. Are you sure that is not some kind of matting bacteria? I am not telling or anything, just asking since I have never seen sponge like that before.
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Urchin will not eat sponge but expose it to air for a couple of minutes and sponge will subside.
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I have a huge problem in my tank with sponge overtaking over my "full grown corals". It is an ongoing battle. But certainly not on an eggcrate. 
MnFish1
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OH - I get it now. Well - for the most part - sponges are considered 'a positive'. Many fish tend to eat them - would that be an option? My guess is that you have sponges on the rock work as well - you just don't see them?
I think it came in on one of the frags. So far, it doesn't look like it made it onto the rock work. Hoping to keep it that way.I have a huge problem in my tank with sponge overtaking over my "full grown corals". It is an ongoing battle. But certainly not on an eggcrate.
