Cold Water Cucumber

[FishTri]

A local Asian market has live Cucumbers sealed up in little plastic bags (almost looks like they were packed by an LFS.)

They are chilled - sitting on a bed of crushed ice.

Are these cold-water cucumbers? Warm-water cucumbers that are refrigerated?

What's the possibility they could be slowly acclimated to a reef tank?

 

[stagger_lee]

Probably for consumption not keeping in a tank. Just my $.02.

 

[FishTri]

Clearly for consumption. The question is whether they would survive in a reef tank?

 

[stagger_lee]

Not if its already dead. :beer:

 

[FishTri]

I think the point of the original question was missed. These cucumbers are alive, packed in saltwater in a plastic bag, and chilled.

Can they be acclimated to a reef tank, and would they survive? Or are these a cold-water species that would not do well in reef tank temperatures?

 

[stagger_lee]

Sorry. Bad joke. Not trying to be rude.

I would like to think that given the amazing adaptability and life's will to survive in general, you could adapt it. Just how slow would you have to do it? 1 degree a week, 1 degree a month? Depends how cold the water was where it came from, how bad of shape its in from being put on ice? What is the species, I guess would be the most important question?

I have seen Nor Cal cold water snails adapt to a 78* reef tank. Took them awhile. :beer: