Sea cucumbers

[arvin]

I have ordered a sea cucumber from Reeftopia which advertises them as 'a good kind'. I have been browsing some articles that describe horror stories about having a cucumber in a home aquarium. Has anyone bought a sea cucumber from reeftopia? Could you share your insight on cucumber generally? Does the benefits outweigh the risks?

 

[ebqwert]

what kind of horror stories? I have one from the last Group Buy and it's doing great.

Eric

 

[arvin]

Here is one:

http://www.aquariumfish.com/aquariumfish/detail.aspx?aid=966&cid=3790&search=

There are many more if you search the web for "cuke nuke"

 

[blange3]

Hey Arvin,

Nice meeting you today! If you read the last paragraph of that article it refers to the Florida types being OK. That is where ours came from.

Hope you enjoy your critters!

 

[arvin]

When the seller says "ours is a good kind", I am little wary.

The critters are all over the tank now. The gramma guy rocks. Thanks for taking care of them.

 

[steve68]

i have 3 in my tank 2 in the main display & one in the frag tank
they keep my sand nice & clean had 2 of them for 3 years & 1 for 2