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05/06/2007, 03:38 PM
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Moved On
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Miami Florida.
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You may be wrong about sponges.
I live in Miami and here sponges are in abundance so I have alot of them in my fish tank. I have been taken sponges in out of the water and they are doing fine. I don't think the theory about he trapped air is correct.
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05/06/2007, 04:04 PM
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They call me EC
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: central Florida
Posts: 6,208
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It depends on the species. Some species are exposed at low tide in their natural environment. In some others it is true. In these species if they are exposed to air for long periods of time they will die. If an air bubble is traped inside the animal, that portion exposed to the bubble will die. Decomposing flesh can cause infections that wipe out the whole sponge. Its good that you have been lucky so far, but the risk is still there.
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