yellow cucumbers
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This one didn't nuke tank, when died after a toxic tank crash:
Corals survived its death in hospital container, with some carbon, of course, just in case.
in store it looked like this:
Only protect heaters!
I had it with small emerald crabs - no problem.
The substrate should be not so coarse, as on my pictures.
Love this creature!
Corals survived its death in hospital container, with some carbon, of course, just in case.
in store it looked like this:
Only protect heaters!
I had it with small emerald crabs - no problem.
The substrate should be not so coarse, as on my pictures.
Love this creature!
livingcorals
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I heard it might take a few days before the nuke'r lets out..
livingcorals
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I have a tan one in my reef and it does do a good job with the sand!
In my case, crash started, when I was at home and took few hours.
My tank had toxic crash after death of two not cucumbers, with followed evisceration on dark grey with silver grey sand-sifting cucumber. I removed bodies as soon, as I seen them, and moved all still alive in any containers at the hand (luckily, I have a big tank to take water from).
Yellow cucumber and pink-green filter feeding cucumber died on the next day, despite multiple water changes and constantly changed carbon. Skin lesion, as from toxic gases, no evisceration.
Corals are alive and well from the same tank, including xenia.
Sorry for gruesome description.
My tank had toxic crash after death of two not cucumbers, with followed evisceration on dark grey with silver grey sand-sifting cucumber. I removed bodies as soon, as I seen them, and moved all still alive in any containers at the hand (luckily, I have a big tank to take water from).
Yellow cucumber and pink-green filter feeding cucumber died on the next day, despite multiple water changes and constantly changed carbon. Skin lesion, as from toxic gases, no evisceration.
Corals are alive and well from the same tank, including xenia.
Sorry for gruesome description.
livingcorals
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Gzzz in that case thank you for telling me that.
livingcorals
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Any idea what killed it off?
I thought, that I'm buying Colochirus robustus 
Sits on the top, small, pure yellow, spiky...
BTW, there should be the yellow filter feeding Pentacta cucumber - P. lutea, may be as safe, as the pink-green was. Never seen them, although.
gholland:
Do you have a photo of your cucumber - how it looks in LFS and when expanded? To be able to recognize it in the store.
Sits on the top, small, pure yellow, spiky...
BTW, there should be the yellow filter feeding Pentacta cucumber - P. lutea, may be as safe, as the pink-green was. Never seen them, although.
gholland:
Do you have a photo of your cucumber - how it looks in LFS and when expanded? To be able to recognize it in the store.
LeslieH
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11752464#post11752464 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by dendro982
I thought, that I'm buying Colochirus robustus
Sits on the top, small, pure yellow, spiky...
That's the problem with short descriptions - often they can apply to several species. A lot of current taxonomic research goes into cleaning the mess left by original descriptions that weren't descriptive enough!
:lol:
Take a look at the feeding tentacles. Colochirus has ones with tree-like branching. The ones on Stichopus look like sections of cauliflower. That's a really big clue as to how they feed.
That why I'm asking about photos from keepers - of cucumber contracted (as it frequently seen in the stores, for visual recognition) and open - to see is it filter feeding or sand sifting. There should be difference even between yellow Colochirus and yellow Pentacta. Love Pentactas - does anybody knows their maximal size?
Thank you, Wrench!
crystl: Do you have a photo? For all of us - for visual recognition, especially, when in store
Maximal length and additional feedings (if ever) will help too.
Mine contracted was min 3", max extended ~7", normally ~4.5".
2 shrimp pellets for bottom feeders as an additional feeding - had only shallow sand bed in nano tank. In store I thought, that it was filter feeder...
crystl: Do you have a photo? For all of us - for visual recognition, especially, when in store
Maximal length and additional feedings (if ever) will help too.
Mine contracted was min 3", max extended ~7", normally ~4.5".
2 shrimp pellets for bottom feeders as an additional feeding - had only shallow sand bed in nano tank. In store I thought, that it was filter feeder...
