So i picked up an amazing encrusted 12lb pice of LR today. I was just sitting around checking out the tank with the moon lights on and look what i found! he was staring back at me from a hole in the rock.
i think hes a cucumber or a seahare... but im leaning towards cucumber. its about 5 inches long a greenish color with little spikes all over him. he kind of looks like a tiger tail cucumber but in green. i always though that cucumbers had a tough exterior, but this guy could scrunch himself up into about a 1inch when i scared him. he took a few chomps out of the sand and then tried to suck some algae off the rock. his mouth opens wide and round with a few fuzzy things that come out.
the tank is at the last leg of its cycle and there is plenty of algae on the sand and rocks so im hoping he lives through the last little bit of this. he didn't seem to be acting strange or distressed at all. he popped out of his rock and made his way into the rock next door.
hes now climbing the side of the tank. i hear many cucumbers can release a toxin called holothurin when bothered or stressed but most species are actually ok. please help me accurately ID him and decide if he should be removed and sold or left in the tank. thanks
i think hes a cucumber or a seahare... but im leaning towards cucumber. its about 5 inches long a greenish color with little spikes all over him. he kind of looks like a tiger tail cucumber but in green. i always though that cucumbers had a tough exterior, but this guy could scrunch himself up into about a 1inch when i scared him. he took a few chomps out of the sand and then tried to suck some algae off the rock. his mouth opens wide and round with a few fuzzy things that come out.
the tank is at the last leg of its cycle and there is plenty of algae on the sand and rocks so im hoping he lives through the last little bit of this. he didn't seem to be acting strange or distressed at all. he popped out of his rock and made his way into the rock next door.
hes now climbing the side of the tank. i hear many cucumbers can release a toxin called holothurin when bothered or stressed but most species are actually ok. please help me accurately ID him and decide if he should be removed and sold or left in the tank. thanks
