Black Sea Cucumber

[nicky30092002]

Thinking of gettin one more to clean up my sand bed ..

current one seem to pick up rock climbing hobby after moving over to new tank since NOV ... always not on sand bed ..

[Acanthurus pyroferus]

Usually eaquarist brings them in or maybe you can give them a call to request for one. Got mine from them too and seems this one likes rock climbing as well. Whats amazing is they never knock down any of my corals even how close it gets to them..... Currently climbing on the front glass instead of the sandbed but goes down when it's hungry.....

[Razo]

Thinking of gettin one more to clean up my sand bed ..

current one seem to pick up rock climbing hobby after moving over to new tank since NOV ... always not on sand bed ..

mine does rock climbing ###### glass climing ###### sand suck all in 1..heheheh great fella... keeps my sandbed sparking clean..

[nicky30092002]

mine used to be beri hardworking when in the old tank .. but since shifting over, pick up new hobby lor .. or maybe climb liao dun know how to come down ...

[fnscasey]

1. Like to help find out from the bros here whether the black sea Cucumber is reef-safe ?

2. I heard that they will still release toxin when stressed, is this true ?

3.Will the toxin as lethal as those sea apple ?

4.Heard from some that their fishes were dead after comsume the 'eggs' produced by the sea cucumber ! Anyone has experiences this ?

5.Is sea cucumber = sea slug ?

[ozy]

Yup eaquarist have some. Just been there and saw some there.

They also bring in the nicer pink ones too. Maybe you can call them to ask. Nice fellas.

[Nic a Jon]

If they can climb rock and up glass walls instead of staying on the sandbed, then its not so safe as one of these days it will go for the intake of circulation powerheads. Tho my powerheads are away from rocks but if I get one that can climb glass walls, hmmmm..better think twice. My red anemone had an encounter with the circulation powerhead 3 months back..tho it miraculously survived .

[Acanthurus pyroferus]

the black sea cucumbers are reefsafe and they don't do any harm....some say that when you lift them out of the water they will release a sticky attachment but none of that is true though. They're peaceful animals and don't disturb the reef. Fishes will eat anything but they do know whats tasty or not.....

[angry]

1. Like to help find out from the bros here whether the black sea Cucumber is reef-safe ?

2. I heard that they will still release toxin when stressed, is this true ?

3.Will the toxin as lethal as those sea apple ?

4.Heard from some that their fishes were dead after comsume the 'eggs' produced by the sea cucumber ! Anyone has experiences this ?

5.Is sea cucumber = sea slug ?

It is definitely true that they release toxin when stressed. A massive water change will them be necessary before all lifestock gets wiped out. The black sea cuke is not entirely reef safe, just safer than any of their cousins. Hope this helps.

[angry]

Black sea cuke's toxin is not as lethal as the sea apple. As for how lethal the sea apple is, i will not even think of keeping them.

[Matt06]

Saw some in our local beaches. But can't take..

[FuEl]

I find that they tend to climb more in newer setups compared to more established setups. Getting a new sea cuke will not help. Sea cukes normally venture onto rocks for food if there is not enough food in the sandbed to sustain it.

[blueheaven]

not getting another one.

my last one got itself stuck in between some rocks and cannot "gostan" den spit out internal organs. *yuck*

[FuEl]

Mine always squeezes thru rocks n come out without any problems. I suspect your rock fell on it somehow?