Sponges

I had some sponges over the years, but none of them was very pretty and noticeable.  When an opportunity to get one came along, I got very interesting looking sponges that truly resemble ..chicken feet.

There are various opinions if sponges can be removed out of water and I tell you that it is really hard to acclimatize 7 inch long sponge and transfer it from a bag to a tank without pouring bag water into a tank and at the same time, not to expose a sponge to air.

I did multiple water changes and surely I had to introduce a bit of bag water into my tank... And now the question was what to do with such long/tall sponge..Glue it under water was one option, but highly impractical.  So, I just let it be on the bottom and support it with some rock. 

I placed it near the circulation pump to provide steady, but too strong water current.  So, far after 4 months, so good and one of the red fingers is visibly growing and another one seems to get some damage - most likely by exposing to air or to adjacent rocks that scratched its body.

Here are my sponges!

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