the thing that sucks the most is this is the first time that I have ever bought a coral before doing research. Every other coral I have bought, I have done a ton of reading to ensure I know what I am getting. This is the first coral I did not do this for, so of course I am paying the price for it :frown:

first of all sponges are not corals....they are porifera...and second i do think that all sponges should not be expose to air because the cells do lyse when exposed to air...perhaps the reason why your didnt die reef_raf is because perhaps not all the cells lyse and hense they were able to recover.

mine were in air for 6+ hours and never showed a sign of stress.. there are types that are sensitive to air and this includes the pritty blue hand shape ones and the oarnge ones.. off the top of my head that is all I can think of for sure.. another problem is thoes two are also very difficult to keep for any lenght of time even if you don't expose it to air.

Steve

lol signs of stress :eek: how can you tell if they are stressed or not?? aside from them not looking as well as before

I think signs of stress in sponges is when they die... :razz:

guess so then

well its 12am and I am sick and tired leave me alone :mrgreen:

seriously though, I consider flesh stringing off a sponge like you see on the orange ones that they so often get into stores stress and a precursor to dieing.

Steve

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Sorry about your loss, Taz :sad: I too saw the blue ones at j&l but comtemplated purchasing it.
I have sponges coming out all over my 175 g tank and one of the rocks just covered with pink sponge and still growing like crazy. When I transported the rock, the pink sponge was out of water for 1/2 hour but I constantly wet it when in the car.

I wonder for different species , they would react differently after exposing them to air ?!!