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03/06/2006, 09:27 AM
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Zoo polyp growing on sea cucumber?!
This is rather bizarre, but I have a single green zoo growing on my black sea cucumber's tough integument; been there for a month now, and is growing in size. He does not appear bothered by it so far. Anyone have any clue if I should remove it???
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03/06/2006, 09:38 AM
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That's weird, can you get a picture? I'd leave it out of curiousity
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03/06/2006, 09:38 AM
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If it were me....
First, I'd get some pictures so my friends on RC could 'ewww and ahhh' about my coral toting cuke.  But I would probably end up leaving it there. I don't expect it would grow and over take him. If it were an aptasia on the otherhand... yeah - I'd smoke it (in a different tank, etc so if the cuke lost his lunch it wouldn't hurt the system) John.
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03/06/2006, 10:20 AM
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Nexis, to funny, pandora, I would take pictures of it also, what good is a thread like this without one (or two)?
 Then I would let it be and see how it does. To me its just house decorating, maybe he is part deco crab
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03/06/2006, 10:36 AM
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Sure guys, I'll try to take some pics when I get home... everyone loves pics.
It's just a single zoo, so don't expect anything earth shattering, hehe. But it is a curiosity for now. Poor cuke, he has been through a lot... he got his head caught in a powerhead and is fine now (the prefilter fell off of the PH and has now been replaced). Zoo's dont put out any root-like structures when they plant themselves, do they? I think generally cukes like the black cuke have really tough hides... this one also survived a pounding by a large hermit that was digging into him (hermit now banished to sump). nemo, I was thinking he has some identity confusion about being a decorator crab as well... LOL
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