Just wanted to introduce myself, my name is Gareth and am a student at UGA. I recently bought a 10 gal setup off my friend bc he got tired of trying to keep it looking alive...I have brought it back from the dead and everything is looking good at the moment. Ive had it for 3 months now and have made a lot of adjustments. The only things in the tank when i got it were the frogspawn and a few zooanthid colonies. I have attached a picture of my sponge that i recently bought, its an orange sponge with yellow zooanthids on it. Its doing fine I'm pretty sure but it does get 'dusty' a lot and i have to try and clean it off. My question about the sponge is that if i look reallllly closely there are tiny little bug looking things hopping around on it. These things are microscopic so i couldn't attach a picture of it. I was wondering if these are bad or if anyone knows what they might be? My suspicion is that they are maybe icy because i did have an icy outbreak a few weeks back because i bought two clowns and let the bag water get in the tank. Ive got it under control with some metronidazole but am wondering if they're hanging out on the sponge?
Thanks let me know what you think!
Thanks let me know what you think!