Breeding Difficulty: DifficultBreeding Requirements: Salinity 1.020-1.025; pH 8.1-8.4Temperament: MildMaximum adult aquarium size: 7cmCoral Compatibility: SafeFood Requirements: OmnivorousPrimary Origin: Australia Species: Sea Apple of the Melon Ginseng family The color is light to dark blue, the feet are red, and the tentacles are violet, blue, and red with white edges. The color is very colorful.
Keep in a reef tank with plenty of room to move around and plenty of live rock to ensure it has enough food. Once a good place to live is found, it is usually a place with strong water currents where the Sea Apple usually stays. This requires attention to the pumps and drains so they don't get blocked. Sensitive to copper-containing drugs, sudden changes in pH and salinity can cause their mouth tentacles to shrivel.
Don't mix it with fish that nip at its tentacles, which include butterflyfish, large fairy fish and other species that are harmful to invertebrates.
When foraging for food, it will stretch its mouth tentacles in the current to filter food, and when food is captured, it will put the tentacles back in its mouth whole. In an aquarium, frozen, liquid or dried phytoplankton needs to be fed.
Note that sea apples can release toxins into the water if they are seriously threatened or die, which can cause the tank to overturn.