Trikentrion flabelliforme, Australian Spider Sponge

[Brie]

I was finally able to get some shots of this super cool coral out to feed. Its a species of zoathid that lives commensally with a red sponge, Trikentrion flabelliforme.

 

[returnofsid]

Very cool and thanks for the interesting bit of information about it!!!

 

[trido]

They are cool. The full colony, IMO looks like a piece of candy. Too bad I couldnt keep mine alive when I had one.

 

[Brie]

They are cool. The full colony, IMO looks like a piece of candy. Too bad I couldnt keep mine alive when I had one.

Yeah, sponges are hard to keep alive. Just gotta have enough food for them and make sure they never touch air... The zoos I guess are easy, as long as you feed them alot. I read a threat on another forum somewhere where a guy kept his alive, minus the sponge, by gluing em to rock and just feeding em.