Sea apple questions
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Gary Majchrzak
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Gary Majchrzak
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what about the rest of that husbandry:
what about the rest of that husbandry:
"Sudden changes in pH or salinity can cause it to shed its oral tentacles.
Do not house these cucumbers in an aquarium that contains any fish that may pick on its tentacles. Generally, any fish that is prone to pick on feather dusters, will pick on the tentacles of the Indonesian Sea Apple. These fish include; Butterflyfish, Large Angels, and any species that is listed not safe with invertebrates.
When feeding, it will extend its oral tentacles into the current to filter out food. As the food is trapped, it will then draw its entire tentacle into its mouth. In the aquarium, it will need to be fed a diet of phytoplankton - frozen, liquid, or dried - on a daily basis."
How long have you had both of your Sea Apples?
what about the rest of that husbandry:
"Sudden changes in pH or salinity can cause it to shed its oral tentacles.
Do not house these cucumbers in an aquarium that contains any fish that may pick on its tentacles. Generally, any fish that is prone to pick on feather dusters, will pick on the tentacles of the Indonesian Sea Apple. These fish include; Butterflyfish, Large Angels, and any species that is listed not safe with invertebrates.
When feeding, it will extend its oral tentacles into the current to filter out food. As the food is trapped, it will then draw its entire tentacle into its mouth. In the aquarium, it will need to be fed a diet of phytoplankton - frozen, liquid, or dried - on a daily basis."
How long have you had both of your Sea Apples?
Gary Majchrzak
Team RC
Namyar
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Not sure about the Lineage but got it from someone and it didn't look like that.
Namyar
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Gary thank you again the above information did not see about them shedding the tentacles. I owe you an apology if used came off wrong. I have also had them for 3 months and the person before had them for 5 if I remember correctly.
Gary Majchrzak
Team RC
can we get "Angel" in here?
did Angel run a skimmer?
what did he feed and how often?
these critters need a lot of constant feedings IME.
not a good candidate for a typical reef aquarium. Best in dedicated tank.
did Angel run a skimmer?
what did he feed and how often?
these critters need a lot of constant feedings IME.
not a good candidate for a typical reef aquarium. Best in dedicated tank.
block head
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nice link gary. seem's doable with the many phytoplankton options out there. zooplankton would be a pain to culture. adding dt's,algae paste,or live nanno would be fairly easy.
Namyar
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Yup that is who they both came from. He feed them daily and I have been doing the same phyto and other reef nutrition.
Edit - as you see below I am running a G3 on a 45g to keep it clean.
Gary Majchrzak
Team RC
keeping it clean is a mistake with Sea Apples.
I can see from your pic that the aquarium is very clean.
I can see from your pic that the aquarium is very clean.
jfl14609
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I think he only had it for like 6 mos I had it for over a year and half and a friend of mine had it for about a year he had it in mainly a softy tank that was very high nutrient. I personally had it in what I called a dirty tank it had a skimmer but basically was the sea apple and some zoas and paly's the reason i did this was the sea apple needs to be fed ALOTT and I mean ALOTT I fed once or twice daily with phyto and or cyclopeze. again it was a dirty tank I would never even think of putting it in my main display. one thing to be carefull of is the fact that we already know about 3 years of age not sure how long they live but when they die everything dies with them. The reason I got rid of it was the heavy feeding it makes the tank very high maint also I didnt have any fish or inverts with it.
Namyar
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I have just a few fish with it. Maybe I should turn off the skimmer at night to leave it dirty. Well at least more than it is. No real coral to speak of. Just one invert a crab can't remember the name but the one with fans that is a filter feeder. The sorry drew a blank on the name.
Gary Majchrzak
Team RC
I had one of these in my 220 reef a long time ago.
A Naso tang used to bat the thing around the aquarium. It never 'cuke nuked', but even with constant heavy feedings it eventually wasted away to nothing. We're talking about a softball sized animal wasting away to pea size over the course of almost a year. Weird.
A Naso tang used to bat the thing around the aquarium. It never 'cuke nuked', but even with constant heavy feedings it eventually wasted away to nothing. We're talking about a softball sized animal wasting away to pea size over the course of almost a year. Weird.
