Blue things!

[Anonymous]

Anybody keep blue Hammers lobsters (crayfish)?

They will eat small fish, shrimp and may pic on corals.

 

[cindre2000]

Crayfish are not saltwater and lobsters will eat what ever is in the tank.

 

[linderaberry]

Ooops. I thought they were actually saltwater shrimp which were sometimes called either lobsters or crayfish. But you're right, Hamers are freshwater.

Isn't there some kind of blue saltwater or brackish shrimp?

 

[linderaberry]

Please, would someone tell me about failures and successes in keeping particular species of blue spnges? I'm not finding a lot of info. Blue sponges seem to be not only various species, but various genera. I have not yet been able to learn what are the bluest or what the most easily maintained species.

 

[Anonymous]

Sponges are not very easy to keep IMO. You must have a well established tank and superb water quality.

 

[linderaberry]

Yet, superb water quality implies a lot of filtering and skimmming, which removes food that the sponge needs. Is that the problem withthem?

 

[Anonymous]

If get algae build up on your sponge, it will start to die. You have blow it off with a powerhead, I would say everyday. If you don't take it out once it starts to die, it will foul your tank. The sponge eats phytoplankton, such as DT's.

If it touches air at any time, kiss it goodbye. They are finiky little suckers.

 

[linderaberry]

If you've got real strong water movement in your tank, dows that protect the sponges from getting overgrown by algae?

I thought they ate the unicellular algae that landed on them....

 

[SnowManSnow]

ornate sponges are difficult Try one and report back in 6 months