Sea apple - possible problem

[angelopasto]

I have had a sea apple in my 100 Gal tank for 6 months and it mostly stayed in one place. In the last week it has moved all over the tank â€"œ it seems it moves every day. Could this be a sign of trouble?

 

[romunov]

Indeed, it may be starving and is searching for new "grazing ground".

 

[boomsticks]

Sea Apples don't graze they are filter feeders. The do have the tendency to move around albeit not alot. Try to spot feed it with some phyto. They might even eat zooplankton as well, not sure I usually fed mine a little phyto and whatever else they filtered from the water.

 

[angelopasto]

How do you spot feed it - do you use a baster?

 

[romunov]

You can't. They'll retract when high concentration of food will hit their feeding apparatus. You need to feed the water column... A lot.

See:
Sea apples

 

[angelopasto]

Thanks!