What to feed my sea apple ?

[skozzy]

The book says brine shrimp or plankton, I have tried several times with the
brine shrimp packet I got to hatch but it wont do it. and for the plankton,
nobody seems to know jack squat around these shops where I live.

[skozzy]

And the poor old bugger is staritng to look limp.

"skozzy" > wrote in message
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> The book says brine shrimp or plankton, I have tried several times with
the
> brine shrimp packet I got to hatch but it wont do it. and for the
plankton,
> nobody seems to know jack squat around these shops where I live.
>
>

[Dragon Slayer]

you really don't want to stress a sea apple or allow it to die in your tank,
they can be very very (and even very)toxic. I've had good luck with the
newly hatched baby brine shrimp in the past. Cyclops-eeze may work as well.

hth
kc

"skozzy" > wrote in message
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> And the poor old bugger is staritng to look limp.
>
> "skozzy" > wrote in message
> ...
> > The book says brine shrimp or plankton, I have tried several times with
> the
> > brine shrimp packet I got to hatch but it wont do it. and for the
> plankton,
> > nobody seems to know jack squat around these shops where I live.
> >
> >
>
>

[Marc Levenson]

Try hatching them yourself instead of using a packet-system. Here's some info
near the base of this page:
http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com/tank/extras_page.html

Marc


skozzy wrote:

> The book says brine shrimp or plankton, I have tried several times with the
> brine shrimp packet I got to hatch but it wont do it. and for the plankton,
> nobody seems to know jack squat around these shops where I live.

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[skozzy]

I was noticing tonight that when flake food got cought in the sea apples
filters it took it in. I then put some flake food into the blender and
turned it into a powder and put a small pinch into the tank. it seemed quite
happy to take in as much of the stuff that was getting caught in its filter
arms.

I also bought some other food supplemtns today, like a micro fine pulverised
additive that is basicly protine and egg and some trace elements. A few
drops makes the water a little cloudy for a min or two then it's all clear
again.

I will see how this goes.


"Dragon Slayer" > wrote in message
...
> you really don't want to stress a sea apple or allow it to die in your
tank,
> they can be very very (and even very)toxic. I've had good luck with the
> newly hatched baby brine shrimp in the past. Cyclops-eeze may work as
well.
>
> hth
> kc
>
> "skozzy" > wrote in message
> ...
> > And the poor old bugger is staritng to look limp.
> >
> > "skozzy" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > The book says brine shrimp or plankton, I have tried several times
with
> > the
> > > brine shrimp packet I got to hatch but it wont do it. and for the
> > plankton,
> > > nobody seems to know jack squat around these shops where I live.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

[Ross Bagley]

"skozzy" > writes:

> The book says brine shrimp or plankton, I have tried several times with the
> brine shrimp packet I got to hatch but it wont do it. and for the plankton,
> nobody seems to know jack squat around these shops where I live.

Even baby brine shrimp are much too large for a sea apple. Plankton, ciliates,
copepod naupii, the smallest sizes of Golden Pearls, etc. Very small things.

An article written last year, which goes into some detail how to care for your
sea apple:

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/mar2003/invert.htm

Regards,
Ross

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