Sponges, sea squirts, tunicates

[hawk82]

Just wonder how do I care for these? I got some on my gulf live rock, and im starting to find alot of them. What can I do to keep them alive? They are pretty cool to watch, and Im just happy to have life in the tank lol, well besides the cuc.

 

[Spare time]

I would dose phytoplankton and other foods for filter feeders

 

[hawk82]

Can you recommend a brand or type to buy?

 

[Mr Fishface]

If I had to buy live phyto I would get from algae barn. I have bought bottles from petco in the past and they did work for pods but if I had to get more I would go here now.

OceanMagik

OceanMagik is a nutritious mixture of four Live Phytoplankton strains (Nano, Iso, Tet, and Thal) that is great for feeding copepods, corals, clams, and other filter-feeding inverts. OceanMagik is a hand-selected blend of the most nutritious Live Phytoplankton strains available.

www.algaebarn.com

 

[hawk82]

cool, thanak!

 

[hawk82]

I just ordered a combo from AlgaeBarn, Poseidon's Feast + OceanMagik Live Phytoplankton. I figure I might as well seed my tank with my pods while im at it. I have a wrasse im sure will enjoy hunting them!

 

[Spare time]

It seems pretty easy to culture too if you want to grow your own phyto

 

[vlangel]

I have sponges, tunicates, feather dusters and a couple natural occurring scallops and I just feed heavy plus Red Sea Coral Nutrition. I have 14 fish, 4 shrimp, snails and crabs in a 56 gallon display tank so feeding them well 2Xs a day helps the filter feeders. My tank is a high nutrient tank however with only limited SPS and lots of macro algae to take up excess nutrients so I do not get a nuisance algae issue.

 

[Spare time]

I have sponges, tunicates, feather dusters and a couple natural occurring scallops and I just feed heavy plus Red Sea Coral Nutrition. I have 14 fish, 4 shrimp, snails and crabs in a 56 gallon display tank so feeding them well 2Xs a day helps the filter feeders. My tank is a high nutrient tank however with only limited SPS and lots of macro algae to take up excess nutrients so I do not get a nuisance algae issue.

Sponges grow like crazy in my tank and I only feed reef energy, reef frenzy occasionally, and mysis. I sometimes will dose phyto if I have it.

 

[jeffchapok]

It seems pretty easy to culture too if you want to grow your own phyto

It's very easy. All you need is a bottle, a light, an air pump and airstone, and a bottle of F2 phyto fertilizer ($16). It only takes 2 ml to make a gallon of phyto, so a single bottle will last me a year or two.

I made so much so fast, I started giving it away. Beats paying $15-20 per bottle!

 

[Spare time]

It's very easy. All you need is a bottle, a light, an air pump and airstone, and a bottle of F2 phyto fertilizer ($16). It only takes 2 ml to make a gallon of phyto, so a single bottle will last me a year or two.

I made so much so fast, I started giving it away. Beats paying $15-20 per bottle!

I just set mine up in a 5 gal bucket