Keeping a sea squirt

[daniella3d]

Those tunicates are incredibly hard to keep. They slowly starve in aquarium and I have never seen anyone keep them for long.

I tried 2 and although I feed my tank heavily with all sort of filter feeder food like fauna marin, reefroid, coral frenzy, zooplankton and phytoplankton, they still died in a few months. They get black and die.

They need a certain orientation to the current, and they need a constant amount of iodine because without it they cannot produce the mucus they need to absorb nutriments.

REally awesome but you slowly watch them die.

Originally Posted by Douglas

Just looking for info, opinions, or experiences on keeping these interesting creatures. I've attached a picture of the type of sea squirt.