Sponges in a Refugium?

[marinelife]

Has anyone ever put a not live sponge in your refugium for pods to grow on and in.
I have seen that some online companies send pods this way.

So to experiment I took a new sponge for a hang on filter and put it in my new above the tank refugium.
I used a rock to hold it down.

Do you think pods will use it as a home?

[nate21887]

its porous and has plenty of cover for them, I think they would take refuge in there. are you wanting to do away with the chaeto already?

[marinelife]

No just thinking of more places for them to make some babies :)

[nate21887]

oh, right on, then its defenetly worth a shot! can't hurt nothing

[aquatic mouse]

I threw out the sponges that came with mine. I was afraid of nitrates.

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[dogfytr]

i have a sponge in my fuge and it full of life use to use it as pre filter for my return pump and went to rinse it one time and saw all the little swimmers and threw it back in havent touched it since

[discus513]

i have a sponge in my fuge and it full of life use to use it as pre filter for my return pump and went to rinse it one time and saw all the little swimmers and threw it back in havent touched it since

This has been my exsperence too! The only downfall to doing this is the sponge will trap nitrates/debri and you wont be able to clean it without killing your pods. I have this problem with my frag tank, it has an eclipse hood and I left the filter cartridge in there and now they are brreding in it and I cant replace or clean it, so in my opinion it can be a good thing or a bad thing.

[marinelife]

yeah I think you are correct, from what I have seen. You would remove them and add them to the display. The pods then leave it and you can clean it.

[chromiumlux]

I would think that a small piece of sponge would not hurt. Maybe try a live sponge of some sort.

[Rploaded]

Look for a set of sieves in the 250-50 sizes. Then you can separate the good from the bad....