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Old 02-22-2008, 03:17 AM
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I recently purchased a pacific tunicate(polycarpa aurata)and Im kinda getting mixed info on what they do and dont feed on. Now I no that they are filter feeding but what exactly are they filtering out of the water? Got it at J&L and I no for a fact that they have had it and more for at least 5 weeks now. So the way I see it is that they cant be that difficult to take care of. Is anyone out there a specialist on these, or even better, has anyone out there had any success with these criters?
I don't think anyone really knows what tunicates feed on although they can make educated guesses. Phytoplankton would probably be a good start and probably not having a skimmer on the tank would help too

Just because an animal has survived 5 weeks in a store doesn't mean it isn't slowly starving to death
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