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Sponges, Sponges Everywhere!

December 6, 2016 by Paul Baldassano 5 Comments

If you do any diving anywhere, you will see sponges everywhere. Some of them are more colorful than corals, and some of them you can sit in. All sponges are water pumps and filters, which makes them useful in the sea and in our reefs. Sponges don’t move, they sit there, eat, and get fat. … [Read More]

Filed Under: Other Inverts Tagged With: calcium carbonate, filter feeder, microscopic foods, organic matter, silicon dioxide, sponge, spongin, starve, water quality

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