Hey guys,
I picked up two sponges 2 weeks ago - A red finger and a yellow ball.
Both have been doing well and both were completely submerged when added to the DT.
2 days ago, in the morning, I noticed some “white” fuzzies on the red finger and today in the evening, it seems to have deteriorated some more - the tips are really white and looks like the red has been scrapped off.
The yellow sponge shows no signs of any damage and is about 5 inches away.
There’s strong water flow, all water parameters are constant, the only thing I had done different, is I started dosing Red Sea Reef Energy AB+ (@10 ml - half the recommended dosage) the day before the initial damage was observed.
I skipped dosing the reef energy the following day to see if there were any changes.
The sponge didn’t seem any better, but also didn’t seem any worse.
Today in the morning, I dosed 10ml and now in the even, the damage seems to have gotten worse.
I’m stopping the Reef Energy for now, not knowing if this is the culprit or not.
I’ve never seen any of my fish or CUC pay attention to it, so I’m not sure what’s going on.
Also, is the damage too far gone or is there still hope for the sponge?
The yellow sponge is fine, as are my fish and other corals, including some fans.
Has anyone else had problems using Reef Energy?
I’ve attached 3 pictures - the 1st one shows how it was before any damage, the 2nd one was in the following morning after having dosed the 10ml of Reef energy and the 3rd picture is 3 days later in the evening after having dosed another 10ml of Reef Energy in the morning.
I picked up two sponges 2 weeks ago - A red finger and a yellow ball.
Both have been doing well and both were completely submerged when added to the DT.
2 days ago, in the morning, I noticed some “white” fuzzies on the red finger and today in the evening, it seems to have deteriorated some more - the tips are really white and looks like the red has been scrapped off.
The yellow sponge shows no signs of any damage and is about 5 inches away.
There’s strong water flow, all water parameters are constant, the only thing I had done different, is I started dosing Red Sea Reef Energy AB+ (@10 ml - half the recommended dosage) the day before the initial damage was observed.
I skipped dosing the reef energy the following day to see if there were any changes.
The sponge didn’t seem any better, but also didn’t seem any worse.
Today in the morning, I dosed 10ml and now in the even, the damage seems to have gotten worse.
I’m stopping the Reef Energy for now, not knowing if this is the culprit or not.
I’ve never seen any of my fish or CUC pay attention to it, so I’m not sure what’s going on.
Also, is the damage too far gone or is there still hope for the sponge?
The yellow sponge is fine, as are my fish and other corals, including some fans.
Has anyone else had problems using Reef Energy?
I’ve attached 3 pictures - the 1st one shows how it was before any damage, the 2nd one was in the following morning after having dosed the 10ml of Reef energy and the 3rd picture is 3 days later in the evening after having dosed another 10ml of Reef Energy in the morning.