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Unread 11/15/2017, 10:59 AM   #2850
Subsea
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Macro Refugiums Produce Phyto ?

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Originally Posted by Michael Hoaster View Post
Their feeding process does sound balletic! All, while they breath through their anus!

Here is the best article I found on sea apples: http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2003/3/inverts

I agree with Dr. Toonen's assessment of them. I'm sure they catch a lot of particulates, but their gut contents are all phytoplankton basically. So their needs are beyond my level of care.
Interesting comment on the apples anus. Two days ago, I saw the new Thor movie. Toward the end, Thor comes to the rescue through “The Devils’s Anus”.

Twenty years ago, I read an article by Anthony Calfo on macro refugiums producing a “type of phytoplankton”. He called them “Vegetable Filters”.

This link discusses those dynamics.
http://www.fondriest.com/environment...ophyll/#algae5


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