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solofish731 
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Posted: June 16 2017 at 8:33am |
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My display tank and sump are being taken over by pineapple sponge how do I get rid of it. Everybody tells me that they aren't bad but they are taking over my frags please help
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Adam Blundell
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Posted: June 16 2017 at 9:47am |
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They are wonderful, let them go.
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Posted: June 16 2017 at 11:18am |
they thrive in low flow areas. your options are:
1. increase flow
2. manual removal. (they'll just regrow)
3. find something that will eat them (maybe some kind of nudi)
they shouldn't take over your corals or anything, so like adam, id say let them go, but its your tank.
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Posted: June 16 2017 at 12:05pm |
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Just leave them and they will go away. Try not to let it bother you.
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Posted: June 16 2017 at 12:18pm |
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They're growing on my frag plugs and the frag's don't fully come out
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Adam Blundell
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Posted: June 17 2017 at 8:34am |
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I think sponge is cooler than frags, but I guess you could up the water flow. And airate the flow.
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Posted: June 20 2017 at 12:00am |
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Can you post a picture of them?
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Posted: June 20 2017 at 1:43pm |
Yeah, a pic might be a good idea. I've never known Pineapple (Scypha Sponge pic below) Sponge to bother any coral. Maybe it's something else or maybe something else in the system is bothering the coral. Aloha, Mark  808-345-1049
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