Australian Sea Apples
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Tayler
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they need to be fed live phyto to survive also they are able to inflate themselves to the size of a volleyball so a tank minumum of 20 gallons is needed for each sea apple. personally i would not keep one in a reef since if they get stressed they will realese poison that can kill the inhabitants of the tank.
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coralnut99
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In addition to toxicity issues, remember that they are mobile, and get to a good size. Even though they won't harm corals directly, they can do some re-landscaping in their travels.
aninjaatemyshoe
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I thought the toxin is only a potential threat to fish. I suppose if you had an invert only tank they wouldn't be a threat, aside from them knocking into things.
coralnut99
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Hmmmm. I didn't know the toxin was fish-specific. Hopefully, someone will chime in on this one.
LeslieH
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Take a look at this thread. The original poster said the sea apple toxin killed his full tank.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1234266
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1234266
coralnut99
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There were some unanswered questions in that thread, and one of them was if there were corals in there, or if it was FOWLR. Not being argumentative here, I just didn't see where he answered the question of what was in the tank when the Apple kicked. In my mind there's enough evidence out there that these things just shouldn't be offered for sale in the trade.
