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SanguinesDream 10-02-2013 07:51 PM
Where can you buy these?
 
Where can you buy pipe organ or stove pipe sponges?

I love them but have never seen them for sale anywhere throughout my travels. Is this a special order item because it is NOT covered by any CITES convention that I can find.

Thanks in advance. :biggrin:

Dearth 10-02-2013 08:00 PM
I thought J&L had a bunch of them in stock

daniella3d 10-02-2013 09:05 PM
for good reasons, they are nearly impossible to keep alive in an aquarium.

buy them, and watch them die...not fun.

I buy the artificial versions.

SanguinesDream 10-03-2013 01:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Dearth (Post 848979)
I thought J&L had a bunch of them in stock
I checked J & L and they don't have the ones that I am referring to.

monocus 10-03-2013 03:57 AM
sponge
 
are you looking for finger or vase sponges

SanguinesDream 10-03-2013 06:42 AM
Like these.

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/l...m/Belize09.jpg

neoh 10-03-2013 06:44 AM
I'm not sure if sponges can properly be kept in captivity.

However; I saw a beautiful pipe organ at J&L on Sunday. I've been keeping one in my nano and it's a show stopper! The one they have is on a rock, top tank on the right of the coral price list, mid-tank, bottom rack - $40 I think.

I was going to buy it thinking it was something else.

SanguinesDream 10-03-2013 06:47 AM
Or these

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/l...2520sponge.jpg

whatcaneyedo 10-03-2013 12:57 PM
I don't think those are available anywhere. They're probably protected locally, or they're just too large/delicate for collection and shipping. Or perhaps they're accepted as being currently impossible to maintain in captivity due to feeding requirements. Who knows... I'd suggest learning how to culture your own phytoplankton first and mastering regular coral keeping before moving up to difficult Azooxanthellate species.

However if you'd like to try your hand at keeping a small variation I could send you a handful of this one of these days.

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...o/IMG_6907.jpg

kien 10-03-2013 03:48 PM
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Originally Posted by whatcaneyedo (Post 849140)
I don't think those are available anywhere. They're probably protected locally, or they're just too large/delicate for collection and shipping. Or perhaps they're accepted as being currently impossible to maintain in captivity due to feeding requirements. Who knows... I'd suggest learning how to culture your own phytoplankton first and mastering regular coral keeping before moving up to difficult Azooxanthellate species.
I would completely agree with this. Even the more common sponges that you do tend to find at your LFS from time to time are ridiculously difficult to keep long term. Blue sponges, orange sponge balls, etc, you see those all the time at LFS. Sadly they don't tend to last long in captivity.

PFoster 10-03-2013 04:09 PM
+1

Basic coral husbandry must be 100% mastered first before you move on to keeping azoox corals.
If you cant keep sps well colored then dont try any azoox corals above and beyond suncorals, vendors, balanaphyllia etc (all the easy to keep corals they can be fed pellets or frozen)

monocus 10-04-2013 04:05 AM
sponges
 
i've been keeping sponges for years.my blues have spread all over my tank,my yellow has been stable for 2 years & my purple has been spreading as well.the only problem i have is various orange sponges get eaten by my regal angel.i now have a large branching sponge that the regal is not touching.(also lots of cryptic sponges)

SanguinesDream 10-05-2013 06:47 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by monocus (Post 849345)
i've been keeping sponges for years.my blues have spread all over my tank,my yellow has been stable for 2 years & my purple has been spreading as well.the only problem i have is various orange sponges get eaten by my regal angel.i now have a large branching sponge that the regal is not touching.(also lots of cryptic sponges)
Pictures please?!?

daniella3d 10-06-2013 12:45 AM
This one is awesome, but it is a photosynthetic sponge and under good light it become dark, almost dark gray/black.

I have it and it just started to produce lots of pipes, very nice!

It can burn though, if you press hard enough on it, it can sting.

Quote:
Originally Posted by whatcaneyedo (Post 849140)
I don't think those are available anywhere. They're probably protected locally, or they're just too large/delicate for collection and shipping. Or perhaps they're accepted as being currently impossible to maintain in captivity due to feeding requirements. Who knows... I'd suggest learning how to culture your own phytoplankton first and mastering regular coral keeping before moving up to difficult Azooxanthellate species.

However if you'd like to try your hand at keeping a small variation I could send you a handful of this one of these days.

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...o/IMG_6907.jpg

daniella3d 10-06-2013 12:47 AM
The blue haliclona is photosyntectic and it is very easy to keep. Just stay away from chemiclean for cyano as it can kill sponges.

Quote:
Originally Posted by kien (Post 849178)
I would completely agree with this. Even the more common sponges that you do tend to find at your LFS from time to time are ridiculously difficult to keep long term. Blue sponges, orange sponge balls, etc, you see those all the time at LFS. Sadly they don't tend to last long in captivity.


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