Dedicated Sea Apple tank

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I'm considering setting up a small cube, 5-10 gallons to be a dedicated sea apple display.

I can do that by snagging a small piece of rock out of my reef and using water I remove during a routine water change this weekend.

As neat as sea apples are, it seems weird having it be the only thing in there. Are there any creatures unaffected by potential toxin release it could live with?
 
I think the toxins would kill anything in that small of a tank. Personally I'd stick with very cheap creatures like a damsel and turbo snail, ect
 
Before I realized what it could do. It's in my hospital tank for now.

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I put one in my ten gallon, and it did fine for a while but didn't like the nitrates caused by feeding phytoplankton even though I was doing 2 10 percent water changes a week and had a filter on the tank with carbon. Thats my experience though, his skin started to peel off a bit so I moved him into my bigger older tank and now its thriving
 
Im not sure any animal has evolved to survive the apples toxins though
 

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