Anyone keeping a Tiger Tail Cucumber?

[Craig Lambert]

I'm thinking of adding one to help clean the sandbed, and am looking for pros and cons. TIA

 

[Woodstock]

I have one since 2-3-06. I had read that although they can expel their intestines and severly pollute an aquarium, they very, very rarely ever do. I like this little guy... it is the cutest ugly thing in my tank

 

[Craig Lambert]

Thanks Woodstock. Do you find he can keep the DSB noticeably cleaner?

 

[mps9506]

I've had them before. I found them hardy. Mine even propogated itself, I think a rock fell on it and it split into two cucumbers.

 

[Woodstock]

Thanks Woodstock. Do you find he can keep the DSB noticeably cleaner?

It eats a LOT of sand every night... and recycles it into piles I will have to get a new pic of it since it has grown considerably since I got it.

Cleaner sand? I'm not really sure Craig because the sand is always 'clean looking' even before it eats it. But I would think it cleans it very well.

 

[fidojoe]

I have a different variation of what Woodstock has. Mines a brownish amber color with white spikes. Its a cool critter that wanders through my tank and loves to stop in one spot for a day or two and make massive piles of sand. I call em log piles, cause they look like logs of sand that stack up, although they break down as the pile gets larger.

 

[Witfull]

gives new meaning to sand-castles~

 

[cracker]

I assume these guys eat everything on the sand they take in,detr ,algae any critters also. I'm curious if one would offset the need for other cleanup critters. I mean less critters. How much dsb area does one need to find anough food with out adversely affecting a dsb. I'd like to have a fighting conch. Having both would test the sb's ability to feed both I think.

 

[VoodooChld]

This is a link I found in the knowledge section of this site. I found it pretty interesting. http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/jan2003/invert.htm

 

[Warnberg]

You know I had one of these guys, he cam in on some live rock, however I think my sand was too large for it, cause I found it one day all hard, like he got plugged up..... weird.....

 

[fidojoe]

Last night after I posted my original post, I looked for my tigertail and I couldn't find him anywhere on the sand. My tank has tons of good hiding places for him, but I didn't need to look in those, cause as I stood up to go get a flashlight I noticed him crawling up the back glass!

 

[Woodstock]

Wow! Mine has never left the sand....

 

[Dragon Wrasse]

This is a link I found in the knowledge section of this site. I found it pretty interesting. http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/jan2003/invert.htm

Good info, Thanks.............