Sponge Farming Trials: Survival, Attachment, and Growth of Two Indo-Pacific Sponges, Neopetrosia sp. and Stylissa massa
Table 1
List of application methods of fragments at the different study sites associated with the number of transplants and the days of culture.
Species
Place
Field/aquaria
Attachment method
Cutting method
No. of transplants
Days in culture
Neopetrosia sp.
Field
TP
HL (t/m/b)
HC
36 (12/12/12)
108
Neopetrosia sp.
Field
TP
LR
HC
12
108
Neopetrosia sp.
Field
TP
AS
HC
12
83
Neopetrosia sp.
Aquaria
GT
HL
HC
24
107
Neopetrosia sp.
Aquaria
GT
LR
HC
24
107
Neopetrosia sp.
Aquaria
CT
AS
HC
12
45
S. massa
Field
PP
HL (t/m/b)
HC/VC
18/18 (6/6/6)
131
S. massa
Field
PP
LR
HC/VC
6/6
131
S. massa
Field
TP
HL (t/m/b)
HC/VC
18/18 (6/6/6)
108
S. massa
Field
TP
LR
HC/VC
6/6
108
S. massa
Field
TP
AS
HC/VC
6/6
83
S. massa
Aquaria
GT
HL
HC/VC
12/12
107
S. massa
Aquaria
GT
LR
HC/VC
12/12
107
S. massa
Aquaria
CT
AS
HC/VC
6/6
45
TP: Teluk Pegametan, PP: Pulau Pari, GT: glass tank, CT: cement tank, HL (t/m/b): horizontal line (top/middle/bottom), LR: live rock, AS: artificial substrate, HC: horizontally cut, and VC: vertically cut.
