Hawaiian sea apples

jeffnjenny

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Does anyone have any advice how to successfully keep a sea apple alive in a 9 gallon? I have a modifyed skilter 250 (limewood airstone). About 20 lbs. of live rock. Also I have easy access to R.O. water for frequent water changes. Any key suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated.
 

drty811

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not recommended, if they die they will nuke any inhabitants in your system. need to be kept in large and established systems.
 

TimSchmidt

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I've never had a sea apple but If drty says not recommended I would definitely make sure I did my homework on what the sea apple needs and maybe try having JUST the sea apple in the tank for a while and make sure it does ok in the tank.
 

reefman23

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Wouldnt do it. They are filter feeders... or at least they feed from the water column. They need large systems with lots of live rock. They are very sensitive to swings in pH and and salinity. Please dont do it!

Jesse
 

jeffnjenny

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Thank you so much! The guys at the LFS all just wanted to make a dollar off me and my gf who fell in love with that sea apple. I am going to just do zo's and mushrooms. The electric flame scallop also caught our eye. And advice on those? Also, possibly some cool starfish? Suggestions always appreciated. Thanks once again. :D
 

reefman23

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Flame scallops and stars are also a no-no in nano tanks. Maybe a small brittle star but they will outgrow a 9 gallon tank.

Jesse
 

TimSchmidt

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Most creatures that are nano friendly include those that eat prepared food and don't grow larger than an inch or two. So most of the larger creatures just are not ideal for nanos. There is a write up somewhere on this forum on suggestions. But remember they are suggestions. No one is telling you what to do, they are just letting you know from their combined experience. :)
 

KidNano

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jeffnjenny said:
Thank you so much! The guys at the LFS all just wanted to make a dollar off me and my gf who fell in love with that sea apple. I am going to just do zo's and mushrooms. The electric flame scallop also caught our eye. And advice on those? Also, possibly some cool starfish? Suggestions always appreciated. Thanks once again. :D
electric scallop.
I had one of these. Really cool, however after reading and researching them they almost always die in captivity as mine did. apparently they don't take the necessary precations when harvesting them from the reef and damage them. anyway.... stay away if you can.
 

Ritsuko N

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As stated already on the Sea Apple Id serious not recommend it. Filter feeders are hard enough to do in a large tank much less a small one. While there are food preps on the market for filter feeders they aint all that and if you put enough in the tank to do the trick you will trash the water quality in short order. If it stresses, gets injured in a avalanche of live rock, picked on enough it will die and nuke your tank wiping out everything. I must admit that they look really cool and interesting but thats about the only place that they score points.

The Flame Scallop or Electric Flame Scallop are not recommended either. As mentioned earlier most are poorly harvested. The other major issue with these guys is that they need food thats very specific in size...under 40 mircrons. While you might be able to find filter feeder food of that size once again you will go broke and pollute the water quality in your tank beyond words and still probably end up with a dead Flame Scallop for youtr efforts.

There are a lot of things that many a LFS orders in for sale cause there is always some sucker that will quickly snatch it up in short order as an impulse buy or simply because they think they wont fail at what everyone else has failed at. Its a supply and demand thing for the most part. These are two that are often seen for sale and have a dismal survuival rate rarely lasting more than a few short months at best. If you have a very large reef tank set up to mimic a nutrient rich lagoon you might fair a little better odds wise. Some things are better left in the ocean...
 
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