Importance of Sponges in a reef..

[daniella3d]

I have one that I love and it's doing great now: I always had a love for sponges but those what we can keep in an aquarium are those that are photosynthetic, like the blue haliclona and they do need silicate to grow well. This sponge produce tubular structure up to 5'' tall and it does not do well when Chemiclean is used as it completely bleach and some part or whole die. I think it has a symbioze with some sort of cyanobacterias?

Originally Posted by paddyob

Did the article mention many sponges will not thrive, or live long, in an aquarium?

There is a recent thread on this.

[SanguinesDream]

Originally Posted by daniella3d

I have one that I love and it's doing great now: I always had a love for sponges but those what we can keep in an aquarium are those that are photosynthetic, like the blue haliclona and they do need silicate to grow well. This sponge produce tubular structure up to 5'' tall and it does not do well when Chemiclean is used as it completely bleach and some part or whole die. I think it has a symbioze with some sort of cyanobacterias?

Those are gorgeous, although everything in your tank is gorgeous, Daniella.