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dragonfly_sg said:
From you description, it sound like it’s not doing so well in your tank.
My suggestion is to remove it from the tank as soon as possible if there are other inhabitants in the tank. Sea apple are know to get nasty when provoked or dying, they are capable of producing a potent toxin that could wipe out your whole tank, including itself. So before it happens, gently remove your sea apple and keep it in a hospital tank until it’s well again, after recovery you might want to keep it by itself if you hasn’t already done so.
Anyway, a thought just hit me. Assuming that your water is prestine, did you feed your sea apple?
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# 30 November 1999 at 12:00 am
danielle_Z said:
The one extremely poor choice for home salt water tanks and should definitely be pointed out is the "Australian" Sea Apple, Paracucumaria tricolor (sometimes labeled as Pseudocolchirus violaceus called as such though it is generally imported from the Philippines and Indonesia. It’s a killer that I’ve seen take entire systems with it eviscerating, otherwise falling apart.
your water quality needs to be optimized and steady. No tank mates bothering him?
Can you see its Cuvierian Tubules displayed? Have you been target feeding him?
I will have to agree with the first poster, if you have a Paracucumaria tricolor or Pseudocolchirus violaceus
you are best to remove him if you can. The problem here is he could just basically be casting out their respiratory trees, gonads, gastro-intestinal and it’s contents, most everything but the kitchen sink through their mouth and anus. This can be a very big bummer with consequent poisoning/pollution/death & destruction to all other desirable tank-system-mates. Australasian "sea-apples" species are particularly notorious for this hobby-ending activity.
Sea apples need almost perfect water conditions to survive. I would not take a chance by leaving him in the tank too long. What other signs is he showing that makes you think he is ill?
# 30 November 1999 at 12:00 am

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