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While I always wanted a sea apple and have done the research, I never expected to get one this soon. However my lfs had one for a low price so now I have one. Now to my question, does anyone know what micron size they need for food? Thanks

P.S. We need a "special invert forum" I could help with it
 
Over my head, too. I looked it up, it's a pretty sea cucumber!

Obviously, since I had to look it up, I'm of no help here though!
 
@jackson2424 @4FordFamily thanks you too and it's probably best that it's not common as it's another "best in the ocean" invert like my flame scallops.

Everyone:
While I would still love the answer to the question, it looks like I may be good because he's sitting right under the drip line of my drip bucket and showing a feeding response. Granted that this may be something they do 24/7, I'm hoping that he's really catching something he likes and will be happy when he makes it to the tank and finds a ton of whatever floating around.

Edit: Well I did more reading and found that it only opens when it detects food which is good as it seems that it can find food in my tank. On the other end of the spectrum, apparently they only feed at night; which means the fact that he is open in my tank during lights on means he's hungry and wasn't eating enough at the lfs (not surprising though).

Now the part I'm confused on, apparently they feed on phytoplankton at night. While this isn't totally ridiculous, this doesn't add up as (from how I was taugh) phyto is usually available during the day and zoo is more prevalent at night. While it doesn't make that big of a difference as I heavily dose both anyway, it dose get me thinking...huh
 
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From what I understand lots of plankton species migrate vertically in the day/night cycle so the typical depth might make a difference is "normal" food availability times. Plus [I think] Phyto would sink during the night and rise to the surface during the day to photosynthesize.
 
From what I understand lots of plankton species migrate vertically in the day/night cycle so the typical depth might make a difference is "normal" food availability times. Plus [I think] Phyto would sink during the night and rise to the surface during the day to photosynthesize.
Sorry, I thought I responded but you are exactly right. Mine does this every day/night. He's sitting in the edge of my water now
 
@jackson2424 @4FordFamily thanks you too and it's probably best that it's not common as it's another "best in the ocean" invert like my flame scallops.

Everyone:
While I would still love the answer to the question, it looks like I may be good because he's sitting right under the drip line of my drip bucket and showing a feeding response. Granted that this may be something they do 24/7, I'm hoping that he's really catching something he likes and will be happy when he makes it to the tank and finds a ton of whatever floating around.

Edit: Well I did more reading and found that it only opens when it detects food which is good as it seems that it can find food in my tank. On the other end of the spectrum, apparently they only feed at night; which means the fact that he is open in my tank during lights on means he's hungry and wasn't eating enough at the lfs (not surprising though).

Now the part I'm confused on, apparently they feed on phytoplankton at night. While this isn't totally ridiculous, this doesn't add up as (from how I was taugh) phyto is usually available during the day and zoo is more prevalent at night. While it doesn't make that big of a difference as I heavily dose both anyway, it dose get me thinking...huh
Do they open only at night ? Mine seems not to open during light is up. What do you think ?
 
Do they open only at night ? Mine seems not to open during light is up. What do you think ?

They will open when they detect food. If you are dosing appropriate food at night, they will open then.

I highly suggest taking a look at the article saltyfilmfolks added
 
If you start to see signs of these declining in health, consider removing it from the tank quickly.
A colleague of mine had one it died and polluted the tank, nuking everything.
he ended up doing a complete tare down and restart.
just a friendly heads up.

I have a client that has one, they sure are gorgeous.
 
They will open when they detect food. If you are dosing appropriate food at night, they will open then.

I highly suggest taking a look at the article saltyfilmfolks added

Mine showing no response to fauna marin coral balance and goniopower
 

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