Fluval Edge 6G NPS Tank

Harold Green · Aug 21, 2015

My lfs has a blue sponge like yours that they have been trying to keep alive for the last year. It must be one tough sponge since they have it high in the lights of an sps tank that they do not feed. I tend to do well with sponges in older tanks where there is a lot of food in the water. Mine get fed daily with green water and differing invert foods. Not quite the blue of yours but here's a poor picture of one of the purple sponges in my tank.

rosieosieee · Aug 21, 2015

Harold Green said:
My lfs has a blue sponge like yours that they have been trying to keep alive for the last year. It must be one tough sponge since they have it high in the lights of an sps tank that they do not feed. I tend to do well with sponges in older tanks where there is a lot of food in the water. Mine get fed daily with green water and differing invert foods. Not quite the blue of yours but here's a poor picture of one of the purple sponges in my tank.

that's awesome! I need a purple one like that. I just picked up the plating purple photosynthetic sponge.

as for the blue....that's weird to me because I'm pretty positive they're non photo. this guy had NO lights for the 5 out of the 11 days of growth (I was out of town and didn't put on a timer). so he's in low lighting, high nitrates, and lots of food. I'm actually feeding right now

fuel, rods food, LRS reef frenzy, cyclopeeze, reef roids, and squid.

rosieosieee · Aug 21, 2015

also....another weird thing. my friend bought a giant colony of the blue (I took a little nub and that's what is pictured) he has a cold water NPS tank that grows NPS gorgonians like weeds. overnight the sponge lost all color and nuked the tank. was not exposed to air.

vm70 · Aug 21, 2015

Does the blue sponge need any light?

Harold Green · Aug 21, 2015

I can't speak about the blue but the purple I have will not tolerate much light at all and will grow happily on the backside of rocks in the dark.

rosieosieee · Aug 21, 2015

vm70 said:
Does the blue sponge need any light?

don't think so.

mochaclownlover · Aug 21, 2015

Are you planning on getting anymore fish?

rosieosieee · Aug 21, 2015

mochaclownlover said:
Are you planning on getting anymore fish?

nope!

rosieosieee · Sep 7, 2015

tank made the move, no losses. still doing well.

mochaclownlover · Sep 7, 2015

Awesome!

IdahoNano · Sep 7, 2015

Great tank, sorry for the Angler loss, that's one of my fav fish and will be having one when I start my 29G back up. Did you ever go with a sump on that tank or are you using the original filtration?

rosieosieee · Sep 9, 2015

IdahoNano said:
Great tank, sorry for the Angler loss, that's one of my fav fish and will be having one when I start my 29G back up. Did you ever go with a sump on that tank or are you using the original filtration?

thanks. :/

still using the HOB filter. my nitrates stay around 50 and my phosphates stay low at 0.03 with the GFO. nothing is seemingly bothered by the high nitrates (surprisingly- I thought the coco worms have a low tolerance).

I did put all my macro algae from my reef's sump into this tank. so there's about 4-5 different species hopefully sucking up some nutrients as well.

rosieosieee · Oct 7, 2015

update update.

I have a plan now! sump with just an ATS. replace HOB with an overflow. wont be happening for awhile but at least I have a direction now.

powers2001 · Oct 7, 2015

Wow, I love the sea fan. That is the branchy thing on the right isn't it?

rosieosieee · Oct 7, 2015

powers2001 said:
Wow, I love the sea fan. That is the branchy thing on the right isn't it?

thanks! yes! I've been searching for one for EVER and I just happened to stumble across this one. i even went to LFSs in Virginia and South Carolina when I visited. I found one but the owner laughed in my face when I asked how much it was. Apparently it was his. lol.

I was helping one of my vendor friends unpack at a swap. when I saw it he saw how excited I got and just gave it to me for helping him!