food question

[BWADWM35]

When it show's a sea apple/pink sand-sifting sea cucumber as a Detrivore, what does it eat?

[mutts]

that means it eats detritus which is the uneaten food in the tank, algea, fish poo stuff like that

[BWADWM35]

Thanks

[JustDavidP]

Detritus is non-living particulate organic material (as opposed to dissolved organic material). It typically includes the bodies of dead organisms, fragments of organisms or faecal material, and is normally colonised by communities of microorganisms which act to decompose (or remineralize) the material. The term is used to refer to organic fragments intermixed with soil on the land, but more commonly refers to material found suspended in water. Together with plankton, detritus is an important constituent of seston (materials in suspension), and may also accumulate at the base of a water column.

Blatanly stolen from a wikki :)

In any case, be prepared to conduct many water changes if yer apple busts its innards. When stressed, threatened, or just kicking the bucket, they expell their insides and can foul a tank quick.

Dave

[BWADWM35]

k scratch that one (apple) off the wish list. Thanks

[JustDavidP]

Don't have to scratch it off the list. Some have kept them very successfully. You just need to know what their needs are, and what you are up against when or if something goes bad.

D

[hummer]

any thing that can explode its iners is out...lol lol