Sea Cucumber

[GATECRASHER]

are they good for a tank with DSB? do i need to feed them any special diets or they just sift through the sand for food? will fishes attack it?

[juan rahmat]

are they good for a tank with DSB? do i need to feed them any special diets or they just sift through the sand for food? will fishes attack it?

From what i've heard there are good for DSB.

[seamonkee]

If u wanna get one, make sure u don't get the colourful ones... though they are beautiful, they release toxins.. (very much like gals isn't it? )

Suggest u get the Tiger-tail Cucumber...

[Dispar_Anthias]

If u wanna get one, make sure u don't get the colourful ones... though they are beautiful, they release toxins.. (very much like gals isn't it? )

Suggest u get the Tiger-tail Cucumber...

Don't get sea apple

[bum]

Sea cucumbers are good for clearing detrtus and keeping your sand bed clean.

provided the sand of a small enough grain....

but there are dangers to keeping them,trust me i know

i do see many reefers keep the black cuke and the tiger tail though

[GATECRASHER]

what are the negative issues about sea cucumbers? I am tempted to buy a black one. will it die easily?

[bum]

heres an excert taken from http://www.wetwebmedia.com/seacukes.htm

Under the "wrong" conditions/circumstances like rough handling, objectionable water quality, pheromonal cue-ing, pushy tankmates, pump/siphon intakes, sea cucumbers are known to eviscerate. Hey, one of my favorite terms... basically cast out their respiratory trees, gonads, gastro-intestinal and it's contents, most everything but the kitchen sink through their mouth and anus. This can be a very big bummer as they say in the sciences, with consequent poisoning/pollution/death & destruction to all other desirable tank-system-mates. Australasian "sea-apples" species are particularly notorious for this hobby-ending activity.

trust me, you do not want to have a cuke nuke

[GATECRASHER]

heres an excert taken from http://www.wetwebmedia.com/seacukes.htm

trust me, you do not want to have a cuke nuke

cuke nuke? Hell Not! I'm not going to buy any cukes at all!