Are Sand Sifting Cucumbers Beneficial To DSB

[Compguy]

Hello Everybody,

I have recently built up my sand bed to about 4" to create a DSB, and ordered my Detritivore Kit as well, I got rid of my Sand Sifting starfish, but I thought someone told me to get the Sand Sifting Cucumbers because they are great for a DSB and just wanted to confirm if that was true or not as I am placing an order today with Reef Scavengers.com and would like to order them, they have the Multi-Colored ones which will probably be the one's I will get

Thanks for your help:fish1:

 

[Compguy]

Well I haven't heard anybody jump in and say no, which if it was a bad thing I am sure somebody would have chimed in right away, anyway, I already ordered them and should arrive today, so hopefully when I put it in it will start getting those bubbles out of my sand bed

 

[Javeo]

The mainly eat detritus and bacterial and algal films from sand grains. most dont tend to go to deep into the sand bed so it shouldnt have much affect on your dsb. They are also slow feeders

 

[Compguy]

excellent, thanks for the reply

 

[yardboy]

I've had one from reef scavengers for about 4 months in a dsb and he hasn't gone hungry yet, and he hasn't starved out the spaghetti worms either, so I think you are okay.

 

[coralnub]

Tiger cucumbers will stir up your sand quite a bit. Usually they will secure themselves under a rock and sift through all the sand they can reach. They usually work when the lights are off, but you'll know they're there by the piles of sand they leave. They will also multiply in your tank. I put one in my old setup and found 3 when I took it down about a year later.

I gave 1 away, put one in the sump and one in my new display. There are at least 2 in the display that I know of now and one is getting pretty big (maybe 6"). This morning I found him against the glass, wrapped completely around a Koralia magnetic base. No idea how he got up there, it's at least 16" off the sand bed.

 

[Compguy]

Wow, so I need to keep an eye out because they multiply pretty quick, alright great, well I put one in there the other day, for the most part he has been on the rock work, unless he is moving down to the sand at night, anyway, thanks for the info