Sponge Question

[Samw]

Originally Posted by TAZ

Unfortunately, I did expose the sponge to air. At the time I did not think anything of it as the guys at J&L did this when they bagged the coral up. It was only after I started doing research did I discover that they should not get exposed. Is there any chance this coral will come back to life? Or should I cut my losses and get rid of it now? If it is dying, does anyone know if it releases toxins into the water (which might explain the cloudy water).

Hi Taz. Sponges aren't corals. But I'm kind of surprised that they took it out of the water when they bagged it up for you. I think I read that 60% of sponges are toxic. I do believe that my blue sponge is toxic as it killed part of my millepora (just the part that was touching the sponge). I don't know how big your tank is but if its fairly big and you have carbon running, it might be OK to leave it in there.