Sponges

[woochi]

Are sponges difficult to care for?

 

[zesty]

in short, yes.

Here's an article I came across talking about different types of sponges and their care.

Sponge Care/ Basics - General Discussion - Nano-Reef.com Forums

 

[Eric N]

Depends on the sponge. I keep happy acros on low nutrients and I have pink, yellow, green, black, and blue sponge growth growing everywhere it's dark enough and I actually have translplanted it to locations where different rocks are touching and it's holding my live rock together like glue. I made a cave structure just so I could see all the sponges lining the rock in one place. The ones that people actually pay for are generally much more difficult.

 

[d2mini]

Depends on the sponge. I keep happy acros on low nutrients and I have pink, yellow, green, black, and blue sponge growth growing everywhere it's dark enough and I actually have translplanted it to locations where different rocks are touching and it's holding my live rock together like glue. I made a cave structure just so I could see all the sponges lining the rock in one place. The ones that people actually pay for are generally much more difficult.

PICS!!!

+1 about the low light. I think that's what really kills them off quick in most people's tanks.
The mostly seem to like low light and moderate flow to feed off stuff in the water column.
It's not always easy to meet those two demands at the same time.