Any thoughts on Sea Apples
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saltyboy84
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like said above not for a tank unless you can keep it alive other than that dont get one
michaeldaly
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If you think you can keep it alive go for it.
I never had any problems with mine it was always healthy. The place I got it from made sure they warned me about the dangers it could cause. They told me due to warning everyone that asked about it that they had it for about 9 months. I had it for almost a year. I sold it to buy a bigger bright blue one. I think the pet store I sold it to hade it for about 3 months before they sold it. When I went to pick up the blue one it had been sold.
Ya you might want to leave that one in the ocean for your sake.. it seems that people who've had them say its okay but I feel they may be just lucky wait to hear from soemone who had it die in thier tank...also becareful of some fish that pick on inverts or feather duster with pick at its tentacals wich will stress it out and lead to death of your tank ....this is why its an expert item only
suasponte2/75
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Has anyone on here had one nuke their tank? I keep hearing all these warnings but have not heard one first hand account yet. I'm not saying they are reef safe or anything but just want to hear first hand accounts versus passing along information that you've heard or picked up somewhere and pass it along as gospel. Just a thought...
Well I have one in a FOWLR which honestly is kinda pushing it. I named it after my girlfriend Heather since its beautiful but deadly. I can actually feed mine from the hand now, frozen mysis etc, and let its tentacles pull as it thaws. I have a 5.5 inch trigger that use to get close to it alot. My humu humu, and puffer stays away from. Bamboo shark has never went near it. It has about 3 times I seen secrete a white cloud of what I would assume is its defense toxins. The trigger still swims near it, but if the apple jerks his tentacles back quickly he runs. My tank is around 300 gallons volume, so a 55 gallon tank would be almost 6 times the level per gallon when he uses his defenses. Most of the people I have spoken with that have had total system wipeouts had 50 gallon or smaller systems. From what I have read they shrink as they starve for awhile Im thinking from there max 7 inches back to like 3 before dying of starvation. Ill try to find you some links later on if you still need. They are also sensitive to sudden changes in water conditions. I am currently researching a little more on them myself to understand treatment options if possible for my tank. I am assuming they are more sensitive to nitrates, but my system has maintained a 0amm, 0 nitr, 0 nitrates. This is the first 2 months in 5 years I have kept a 0 nitrate, but its due to the vodka dosing I started using. Here is a good htm that talks about sea apples and things that may help you from nuking your tank.
http://www.saltcorner.com/sections/guest/toonen/QA_SeaApple.htm
http://www.saltcorner.com/sections/guest/toonen/QA_SeaApple.htm
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psilentchild
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Leave them in the ocean. They can really mess up your tank
jbird69
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I was under the impression that death wasnt the cause for releasing the toxins, but rather trauma, ie. being picked on or sucked into a power head, etc.. its their defense mech.
A friend who owns a local reef shop has had poor specimens die in his display with no foul effects...inotherwords, death of natural causes may not cause it to release the toxin...tho you may want to remove the coarps as soon as possible.
I had one for a few months and it was really cool. I just couldnt sleep at night knowing what "could" happen. I traded it back to th LFS.
Jay
A friend who owns a local reef shop has had poor specimens die in his display with no foul effects...inotherwords, death of natural causes may not cause it to release the toxin...tho you may want to remove the coarps as soon as possible.
I had one for a few months and it was really cool. I just couldnt sleep at night knowing what "could" happen. I traded it back to th LFS.
Jay
