sea cucumbers

gramma royale · 07-26-2001, 03:35 AM

I was gonna check these guys out for my 18 gallon. Anyone know much about them? i'm getting different stories about their tendency to die suddenly and release poisonous fluids that'll kill everything in the tank. What are your guys' thougts?

nucleuscracker · 07-26-2001, 09:09 AM

well I had a tiger tail cuke that found its way past my barrier in my intake and died in my sump.

Which I tend to believe is why I had so many of my snails die all of a sudden..

HTH

alf3482 · 07-26-2001, 11:18 AM

I have had a tiger tail cuke at least 6 months no problems. They do a good job at keeping the sand bed realy clean.IMO

eses · 07-26-2001, 12:30 PM

I haven't seen them die very suddenly, it takes a few days .. but each one I've seen die has released some .. stuff into the water. One of my shrimp got caught up in it and I had to remove a leg and antenna to get it off. He wasn't amused.

They get kind of large for a 18 gallon, and chances are, will probably slowly starve in it. Mine took about a week to go through my sand really well in my 29 gallon, and it slowly starved to death unfortunatly. A friend with a 120 had better luck, but it eventually got sick after about a year and a half. Both released this weird string-mucus stuff that floated through the tank like streamers of mayonase (or something a bit more foul if this wasn't a family oriented bbs.) Shrimp, crabs, dead-coral all got caught up in it. Nothing died though, as it wasn't allowed to rot in there.

They do a wonderful job of cleaning your sand though.

07-26-2001, 03:35 AM	#1
gramma royale Tenant Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Concord, CA Posts: 90	sea cucumbers I was gonna check these guys out for my 18 gallon. Anyone know much about them? i'm getting different stories about their tendency to die suddenly and release poisonous fluids that'll kill everything in the tank. What are your guys' thougts?

07-26-2001, 09:09 AM	#2
nucleuscracker Mayor Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: MI Posts: 589	well I had a tiger tail cuke that found its way past my barrier in my intake and died in my sump. Which I tend to believe is why I had so many of my snails die all of a sudden.. HTH __________________ Why put off today what you can ignore tomorrow?

07-26-2001, 11:18 AM	#3
alf3482 Council Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Venus Texas Posts: 251	I have had a tiger tail cuke at least 6 months no problems. They do a good job at keeping the sand bed realy clean.IMO __________________ Robert L. Brady See My Tanks through the links below: 125 Gal 120 Gal 55 gal 20 Gal SeaHorse Tank If you get a chance come check out at the RAG

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07-26-2001, 12:30 PM	#4
eses Council Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Seattle Posts: 270	I haven't seen them die very suddenly, it takes a few days .. but each one I've seen die has released some .. stuff into the water. One of my shrimp got caught up in it and I had to remove a leg and antenna to get it off. He wasn't amused. They get kind of large for a 18 gallon, and chances are, will probably slowly starve in it. Mine took about a week to go through my sand really well in my 29 gallon, and it slowly starved to death unfortunatly. A friend with a 120 had better luck, but it eventually got sick after about a year and a half. Both released this weird string-mucus stuff that floated through the tank like streamers of mayonase (or something a bit more foul if this wasn't a family oriented bbs.) Shrimp, crabs, dead-coral all got caught up in it. Nothing died though, as it wasn't allowed to rot in there. They do a wonderful job of cleaning your sand though.

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