Sea Apple crisis!!

Hmm i have never heard of harmful pods before but I am not sure exactly how to get rid of them either. I would see if you can suck some up in a turkey baster then put them in a bag to take to your lfs for them to id them and give you more help. Only thing that I know that would destroy pods are dragonets but you have to have a pretty established tank to have one or keep buying copepods to feed him.

 

I wouldnt point your jet directly at him because this will stress him out even more and he will let you know. Use a turkey baster or something to blow em off the guy

 

Ok. Man!! Lots of info to learn...

I think I will blow them off with a turkey baster tonight. Are they eating the skin off of my Apple or am I losing my mind??? HOPEfully they're just irritating him. I am thinking about going to get a goby tomorrow and possibly another cleaner shrimp. They're everywhere... All over my glass, all over my apple-- I am sure that whatever I get won't starve to death. I just wish I could buy something that would eat them directly off of my apple. Suggestions?

 

K+ to you guys. Thank you very much for all of the info and advice. Please keep it coming!

 

Blew them off with a turkey baster and he seemed to enjoy it. I think they're itching him! I know you think I'm nuts.

 

Hey Rocheal,

Drop Inwall75 a PM....I am surprised he hasn't chimed in on this thread - he is pretty knowledgeable about the sea apples and cucumbers - he may be able to shed some additional insight on this situation

Best of luck!

elizabeth

 

my vote isa dragonnet even if u hafta return it to the lfs soon,he will take a big chunk out of ur pod population.

 

Thank you, I will drop him a PM!!

We went and got a mandarin goby this afternoon. She is s-k-i-n-n-y. She's still very active, so I think she will be fine once she eats down my copepod population some!!

Sea apple still looks the same. He is feeding and still attached to the live rock. We moved the powerhead so it's somewhat pointing more in his direction. (It's a rotating powerhead)

 

Recommending that someone get a mandarin fish to take care of a copepod "infestation" is not very good advice. Assuming the fish doesn't die in a few days/weeks (usually when they get as skinny as you've described, it's usually too late for them), you will have to supplement its diet with expensive live foods if it doesn't accept frozen foods.

 

No, I would never buy anyone/thing unless I was 100% devoted to keeping it healthy, alive, and happy. We've wanted one of these for our tank all along, but have been planning on waiting for the 'year' mark. Luckily (?) we have more than enough copepods already, and are fully prepared to nourish him along the way once he puts a dent in what's already available.