sea cucumber

Hi All, I am thinking of adding a sea cucumber, the Holothuria Hilla kind, to my 50g tank. Tank is half a year old and when I first ordered the CUC kit, I didn't want to include a cucumber that according to internet is wrongly considered as a nuke bomb. I read that they are very efficient in...

Hi, Im trying to restart my tank aiming for a bristle worm free tank (I know bristle worms are good CUC but I just have mental problem with them so my tank cant have them and please dont attach any worm related images or ill freak out thanks). I know as a fact there are tons of them in my tank...

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I am a beginner to saltwater aquariums and I like the look of the spiny sea cucumber (Pentacta anceps). I have some questions about it. 1. Are they easy to keep? I have read that they are easy - moderate but liveaquaria lists them as expert only. 2. I know they are filter feeders but what are...

Hey guys so I was just going around and cleaning algae off my frags in my frag tank when I noticed a few of these guys crawling around and was wondering if anyone knows what they are.

Hello. I am setting up my first nano reef, which is 5.5 gallon, and I am wondering if I would be able to have a sea urchin or sea cucumber (of course after cycling and making sure the tank is stable). I know that they are both part of the cuc so if I got one would I get less snails? Would a 5.5...

This has popped out of my live rock the last couple days. Originally I thought it was a form of algae but saw it actively moving today. It would take one arm at a time and put it in its mouth. It seems very methodical. I’ve searched all day and but haven’t seemed to find an exact match. The arm...

Hi everyone! I have a pink sea cucumber that I got on Friday last week. When I brought it home, I acclimated it for about 30 mins and dropped it in the tank. It crawled up the glass to a corner across from my wavemaker and has been there ever since with his feeder arms out but since yesterday...

Hi everyone! I went to my LFS yesterday to pick up some more inverts for my aquarium, specifically sand sifting inverts since my sand bed is thickish and gets dirty. I picked up 3 nassarius vibex snails and a sea cucumber. The sea cucumber I picked up was a pink spiny sea cucumber. I know...

Hi all, This was sold to me as a “mini” black cucumber; the mouth seems strange though. Anyone know what this is, and if it’s reef safe? Main goal is to turn over my sand. Almost looks like more like a worm than a cucumber. I’m holding releasing it before I’ve got a firm ID. Thanks, Adam

I’m looking into sea cucumbers, the pink spiney and black and pink cucumbers. The issue is some websites say their care level is easy and others say expert only, so which is true? Anyone have either variety and have any insight?

So about a week ago I brought home a Sea Cucumber. Well after his first night he like disappeared in my tank. I was in a full panic this morning as I began to read that he may have been stuck or worse dead and if that wasn’t bad enough dead Sea cucumbers supposedly is toxic for the tank. So...

I've been asked if I want a yellow dwarf sea cucumber, from what I've read people say that cucumbers can release toxins into a tank if insured or killed. Has anyone had this happen. I've also been told that the yellow dwarf cannot release toxins which seems abit odd but might be possible...

Looking for something cool to add to the clean-up-crew. Anyone have one or know an LFS that has them in stock? thanks

Hey everyone so this is I think my first post. So I was contemplating getting a tiger tail sea cucumber and was curious about whether it and my already present pistol shrimp would get along. Would the pistol shrimp cause it to get stressed enough to release toxins? I have a 180 gallon tank and...