choosing a cucumber...???

[raymond4133]

which one did lots of people like to use to clean and move the sand around without turning over corals on the sandbed adn whatnot...

I also heard that cucumbers can be poisonous and can wipe out a whole tank...Is that possible??? I think in a thread back a couple of weeks ago someone was quoting a reef book that said coral polyps are more noxious or posionous than a cucumber's poison...(???)When I read that I went Huhhh????

please help...

It would also be great if anyone has one or maybe a couple they are gettin rid of...

please help raymond

 

[MrMikeB]

Raymond,

I have read (although I have not seen it happen) that Tiger tail sea cucumbers will throw up their guts if they feel they cannot get away when being attacked, and that can be very toxic to the tank. Like a last ditch effort of going nuclear. I do not have any personally, just was seriously looking at a couple tiger tails or pink sand sifting cucumbers and did a bit of research - but in the end decided not to because of the chance of a wayward hermit taking it on.

 

[TNTREEF]

I have 2 tigers and they work great. I have not seen any of my fish or inverts mess with them. Going on 4 mos now.