Pink and Green Cucumber.

[SINNERMF]

Found a sweet Pink and Green cucumber. I know they filter feed and "flower or crown". Do they have a specific diet? Or any other specific needs?

 

[Tennyson]

Well, they are filter feeders like you said, I think they also like strong lighting too. Filter feeder foods by Kent would be good.

 

[dendro982]

Pentacta anceps?

It will climb on the wall and sit all the time on the top, facing flow - if the place is inconvenient to you, you can move flow, but cucumber will be persistent.

Try to feed at least few times a day - when the food is long time absent in water column, it closes, and you will not see the luxurious crown of tentacles. Incredible finesse!

Food: see for yourself - it should stick to the tentacles, and will be licked by cucumber, every few seconds or so.
Offer variety, but watch for the reaction - if closes or stops the licking - try something else.

I gave small zooplankton and phytoplankton, plus ZoPlan, Cyclop-eeze (likely too big, but i had other tank inhabitants, who used it), smallest particles after washing frozen cubes (mysis, marine cuisine).

You shouldn't have problems with powerheads or filters intakes, once it climbs up (unless they are very strong - mine were weak, 150 gph), or with heaters. But at least for the first days you may try the plastic heater guards. Likely unnecessary, but who knows.

Licking:

In store:

Opening:

Why heater guard (but yellow is sand-sifting):

Position - always facing flow:

Love it!

 

[chrisstie]

What a cool animal thanks for sharing your pics!! A dedicated tank of these would be interesting but I don't nkow how you'd feed all the different kinds!!

 

[Atarax]

I have one of the pink ones myself, and he is telling the truth that thing has not moved in months, i mean not one millimeter, none. he got just in front and to the side of the return and set up shopo. those feeder arms never stop stuffin food in his face. beautiful animal.