The water is discharged through larger holes. The Loggerhead sponge is a hermaphrodite. It produces both male and female sex cells. Sponges do not produce eggs until they are three years of age. Most sponges reproduce by budding, a process where a tip of the branch is broken off.
Sponges aquire nutrients by a process in which they use their aquiferous system to filter water.
Ocean currents flush water through the sponge. This is where sponges filter out nutrients from the water and use these nutrients to sustain life.