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What will kill your tank if it dies?
- Thread starter aperret2
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a sea apple is a nasty thing to die in your tank!
Some people say a sea cucumber can kill off a tank if it dies.
Luckily I have no 1st hand experience with this problem.
Mine is a healthy model citizen
Luckily I have no 1st hand experience with this problem.
Mine is a healthy model citizen
ynotme4886 said:
If you want to read about the dreaded "Cuke nuke" - read here: http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/jan2003/invert.htm
The type that eats sand is typically safe. However if it blows it's guts - it's not an ideal situation either. :
I had a medusa worm get chopped up in a powerhead,and everything was dead within five minutes!
Rob from Robbies Reef had warned me about getting it if I had a powerhead in my tank,I just thought it was such a weird looking creature,and it thrived on deitrus how could I go wrong?
Well it did fine for about a year,then the worst thing you could think of.Even after several water changes every cheap little fish I bought would die within a day or two.
The toxin released into the tank must have been pretty bad!
Rob from Robbies Reef had warned me about getting it if I had a powerhead in my tank,I just thought it was such a weird looking creature,and it thrived on deitrus how could I go wrong?
Well it did fine for about a year,then the worst thing you could think of.Even after several water changes every cheap little fish I bought would die within a day or two.
The toxin released into the tank must have been pretty bad!
I recently bought out someone's tank and it came with a boxfish/cowfish? After doing a little research, I found that if it dies in your tank it will release its toxins it uses for defense. That will kill off your tank. I am torn between keeping it because it has so much personality. I just don't want to crash a tank because of it. I would post a picture but I can't figure out how.
A boxfish will crash a tank if they get stressed. They have a toxin in their skin that they will relase. According to the research on them, something as small as turning on the lights or walking up to the tank can stesss them. Most people who do keep them, keep them in a seperate tank so if they do get stressed, losses are minimal.
I can't really tell the exact species by that small of a pic, but it does look like a boxfish.
This was the most comprehensive link i could find
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/boxfishes.htm
I can't really tell the exact species by that small of a pic, but it does look like a boxfish.
This was the most comprehensive link i could find
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/boxfishes.htm
depending on your tank size, any fish or anemone def. has the potential of taking out a tank unless it is taken out within reasonable time.
when i worked at shark aquarium we sold someone a boxfish who didnt heed our warnings. guess they startled it or something in his tank stressed it and 3 days later EVERYTHING in his tank was dead... fish, coral...everything but the boxfish