Hey guys not to sure on this one it’s purple and soft and it’s starting to brake away from the rock and fish want eat it only seams to be down one end of the tank under led while other end of tank is under MH
Sponge good bad ????
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I haven't heard of any 'bad' sponges, but go ahead and remove if you don't like the look of it.
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there are even parasitic sponges which eat coral skeletonn my friend has had once or twice. I cant find the article on them off hand though.
Generally I wouldn't worry too much about sponge can be a helpful filter feeder. but it isn't always good it can choke out corals and some varieties are specifically dangerous to corals.
Timfish
Crusty Old Salt
Looks more like cyano to me. It sometimes grows in thick mats when it's growing slowly. Siphon it out as suggested above and monitor it to see how fast it grows back.
Regarding the role of sponges in reef ecosystems cryptic sponges are essential recyclers and remove the labile DOC (aka carbon dosing) that promotes pathogenic shifts in the microbes in the coral holobiont ~1000X faster than bacterioplankton. Here;s links if you're interested in reading further:
Element cycling on tropical coral reefs.
This is Jasper de Geoij's ground breaking research on reef sponges. (The introduction is in Dutch but the content is in English.)
Sponge symbionts and the marine P cycle
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Phosphorus sequestration in the form of polyphosphate by microbial symbionts in marine sponges
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Differential recycling of coral and algal dissolved organic matter via the sponge loop.
Sponges treat DOC from algae differently than DOC from corals
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Surviving in a Marine Desert The Sponge Loop Retains Resources Within Coral Reefs
Dissolved organic carbon and nitrogen are quickly processed by sponges and released back into the reef food web in hours as carbon and nitrogen rich detritus.
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Natural Diet of Coral-Excavating Sponges Consists Mainly of Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC)
The Role of Marine Sponges in Carbon and Nitrogen Cycles of COral Reefs and Nearshore Environments.
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Regarding the role of sponges in reef ecosystems cryptic sponges are essential recyclers and remove the labile DOC (aka carbon dosing) that promotes pathogenic shifts in the microbes in the coral holobiont ~1000X faster than bacterioplankton. Here;s links if you're interested in reading further:
Element cycling on tropical coral reefs.
This is Jasper de Geoij's ground breaking research on reef sponges. (The introduction is in Dutch but the content is in English.)
Sponge symbionts and the marine P cycle
Sponge symbionts and the marine P cycle
Marine sponges are ubiquitous colonizers of shallow, clear-water environments in the oceans (1, 2). Sponges have emerged as significant mediators of biogeochemical fluxes in coastal zones by virtue of respiring organic matter and facilitating both the consumption and release of nutrients (3, 4)...
Phosphorus sequestration in the form of polyphosphate by microbial symbionts in marine sponges
Phosphorus sequestration in the form of polyphosphate by microbial symbionts in marine sponges
Coral reefs are highly productive ecosystems that raise a conundrum called “Darwin’s paradox”: How can high production flourish in low-nutrient conditions? We show here that in three abundant Caribbean sponges, the granules that have been commonly observed in sponge tissue for decades are...
Differential recycling of coral and algal dissolved organic matter via the sponge loop.
Sponges treat DOC from algae differently than DOC from corals
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Surviving in a Marine Desert The Sponge Loop Retains Resources Within Coral Reefs
Dissolved organic carbon and nitrogen are quickly processed by sponges and released back into the reef food web in hours as carbon and nitrogen rich detritus.
(PDF) 2013 deGoeij Science Sponge loop
PDF | On Jun 23, 2015, Jasper M de Goeij and others published 2013 deGoeij Science Sponge loop | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate
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Natural Diet of Coral-Excavating Sponges Consists Mainly of Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC)
The Role of Marine Sponges in Carbon and Nitrogen Cycles of COral Reefs and Nearshore Environments.
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