cucumber oops

[2t2_crash]

my sea cucumber got itself sucked through the powerhead the other night... :sad2:

 

[graveyardworm]

Bummer, were you able to remove most of the carnage?

 

[2t2_crash]

dunno what happened to it, the cucumber was not very big, I had pulled him out the sea. The wife noticed his remains along the water but didnt know what it was, I realized what happened when I saw his hide wrapped in the filter.. I use the larger filter grate now.
I gotta find a new one though

 

[dendro982]

Sorry about your loss.
No deaths in the tank? Can you post photo of the cucumber, that is not toxic, good to know who is, and who isn't.

 

[graveyardworm]

As a general rule the more brightly colored filter feeding ones are more toxic. Although I believe most if not all seacukes contain a toxin to keep fish from eating them, or at least learning a lesson not to eat them any more. As with everything in our tank when it dies the decomposing carcass can raise ammmonia levels to the point of being toxic, cukes are no exception and a large one can easily nuke a tank regardless of toxin.

 

[dendro982]

These did not eviscerate, when died, and didn't poisoned anybody around them (bodies were removed same day, no ammonia spike):

Pentacta anceps, candy stripe, or pink and green cucumber:

Filter feeder.

And this yellow or golden sand-sifting cucumber:

But another sand-sifter eviscerated - brownish dark grey, with silver grey spikes.

Anybody else's cucumbers?

 

[graveyardworm]

Thats too bad that you lost them. I thought they were doing really well the last time I saw that you posted about them.

 

[dendro982]

Thanks, I had a tank crash. Really miss them.