Red Ball Sponge

Halichondria sp


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Red Ball Sponge

Red Ball Sponge

Halichondria sp


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Care Facts

Size: 2+ inches
Care Level: Moderate
Temperament: Peaceful
Reef Safe: Yes
Diet: Filter Feeder
Origin: Western Atlantic
Acclimation Time: Temperature Acclimate Only
Coral Safe: Yes
Invertebrate Safe:
Minimum Tank Size:
The Red Ball Sponge is often also called the Red boring Sponge, which requires some special care to survive in the home aquarium. It doesn?t have any kind of organ or tissue and are simple organisms. The Red Ball Sponge is non-aggressive and peaceful, and get along with other tank mates in a quite healthy way. The Red Ball Sponge adds a dramatic splash of red color in to your aquarium. It should never be exposed to the open air as the air can block the channel path and impedes the nutrition process causing it to die eventually. It can be kept in such a place where it can receive moderate to strong water flow so that it receives the dissolved organic foods. Since the Red Ball Sponge is a filter feeder, it can very much take its food from the water column. The Red Ball Sponge does well with the additional feeding of liquid plankton and other dissolved organic foods. It is non-aggressive and reef compatible, which makes the Red Ball Sponge safe to keep with other tank inhabitants. It mostly inhabits cliffs and rock overhangs, therefore keeping live rocks or caves are required to keep for the Red Ball Sponge to get shade. The shady areas prevent the algal growth on the body surface of the Red Ball Sponge. It thrives well in a temperature range of 72-78 degrees Fahrenheit, and with pH of 8.10. The Red Ball Sponge breeds asexually in the marine aquarium by the means by fragmentation. It propagates very easily by just placing the fragment on the substrate in the reef tank.

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