BTW, have you ever been able to photograph your reef ? I don't remember
seeing pics or a link.
John
kahley wrote:
> At 10:57 AM 9/2/02 -0500, John Bongiovanni wrote:
>
>> I know nothing about mussels but I do have a couple of very neophyte
>> questions.
>> 1. Does opening the shell kill the mussel? If so...
>> 2. Is there a "treatment" that will relax the animal that will allow
>> opening of the shell without trauma?
>>
>> Kahley,
>> Have you noted the presence of any of the freshwater sponges on your
>> reef.
>
>
> Never knew there was such a thing! Google shows me
> http://www.kivu.com/images/Stock/freshwater/fwsponge1.jpg
> I haven't seen anything like that ...but this
> http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/MFB/EnvironHealth/Images/sponge.JPG
> Maybe....but I'd just assume it was algae. There were a couple other
> pics listed from some place call nanfa.org <BG> but they came up 404ed
> ;*)
>
>
>> Those might be kinda cool to watch especially if they are native to
>> your area.
>>
>> John
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