20180811_142928 by Ron Lindensmith, on Flickr
20180811_143001 by Ron Lindensmith, on Flickr
I found a small one of these in my shallow reef tank a couple of years ago and assumed it was a sponge. It didn't grow, but it didn't shrink and go away like most sponges do in aquariums. But after about 4 months it just disappeared?
As some of you know, I snorkel a lot in the Florida Keys (link to a thread about snorkeling and collecting is in my signature below). BTW, lots of photos and location help. Two weeks ago we (my wife and I) were snorkeling in the Keys and I collected a couple of sponges. The purple one and the orange one started to deteriorate in my holding tank, but this green ball has survived and seems to be doing OK.
Can anybody ID it? The one I found in my tank was so small it was hard to tell what it was. I thought at the time that it was a sponge. Although this one doesn't look at all like a sponge to me. There are no big exhale holes. And what about those spikes?
20180811_143001 by Ron Lindensmith, on Flickr
I found a small one of these in my shallow reef tank a couple of years ago and assumed it was a sponge. It didn't grow, but it didn't shrink and go away like most sponges do in aquariums. But after about 4 months it just disappeared?
As some of you know, I snorkel a lot in the Florida Keys (link to a thread about snorkeling and collecting is in my signature below). BTW, lots of photos and location help. Two weeks ago we (my wife and I) were snorkeling in the Keys and I collected a couple of sponges. The purple one and the orange one started to deteriorate in my holding tank, but this green ball has survived and seems to be doing OK.
Can anybody ID it? The one I found in my tank was so small it was hard to tell what it was. I thought at the time that it was a sponge. Although this one doesn't look at all like a sponge to me. There are no big exhale holes. And what about those spikes?