![]() |
#1
|
||||
|
||||
![]() 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. ![]()
__________________
Thousands of years ago, cats were worshipped as Gods. Cats have never forgotten this. Last edited by SanguinesDream; 10-02-2013 at 07:54 PM. |
#2
|
|||||
|
|||||
![]() I thought J&L had a bunch of them in stock
__________________
![]() |
#3
|
|||||
|
|||||
![]() 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.
__________________
_________________________ More fish die from human stupidity than any other disease... |
#4
|
||||
|
||||
![]() I checked J & L and they don't have the ones that I am referring to.
__________________
Thousands of years ago, cats were worshipped as Gods. Cats have never forgotten this. |
#5
|
||||
|
||||
![]() are you looking for finger or vase sponges
|
#6
|
||||
|
||||
![]() Like these.
![]()
__________________
Thousands of years ago, cats were worshipped as Gods. Cats have never forgotten this. |
#7
|
|||||
|
|||||
![]() 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. |
#8
|
||||
|
||||
![]() Or these
![]()
__________________
Thousands of years ago, cats were worshipped as Gods. Cats have never forgotten this. |
#9
|
|||||
|
|||||
![]() 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. ![]()
__________________
"We shall dive down through black abysses... and in that lair of the Deep Ones we shall dwell amidst wonder and glory forever." - H.P. Lovecraft Old 120gal Tank Journal New 225gal Tank Journal May 2010 TOTM The 10th Annual Prince George Reef Tank Tour |
#10
|
|||||
|
|||||
![]() Quote:
|