Sea Cucumbers

[mybug]

How many have cucumbers as part of their cleanup crew ? I'm told they are excellent at detritus cleanup.

 

[Blown 346]

Yes they are excellent as scavengers, but they can get big. They need alot of sand and room. Your rockwork should be very sturdy.

 

[AngeloM3]

if its going in your 55gal
probably should only do one

 

[RLMainers]

be careful which ones you get. Some species, if they die, release a toxin, which can be harmful to other inhabitants.

 

[tanker]

Depending on the species, I would not get more then one per tank. I rather they have lots of food then starve.

PS-- Make sure they have lots of fine-sand-surface.

 

[Promethius]

I have one in my tank, and for a while I think he was a bit starved. Now he seems to be happy and growing. A bit of a worry, since when I last went snorkling on the reef, it's cousins were about 1/2 a meter long and as round as a drain pipe.

 

[moumda]

Great sand cleaner but needs 4 square feet of sand to live. Hard to do in a tank with rockwork sitting on the sand.