Sea Cucumber, Yellow

randallcentral · 06/02/2007, 04:31 PM

I went to my LFS and got a peppermint shrimp and 2 turbo snails.. one of the snails had a weird lookin yellow thing... I looked it up and it looks exactly like the Sea Cucumber, Yellow. Anything I should know?

drummereef · 06/02/2007, 05:23 PM

Do you have any pics? I would find if very strange that a tigertail cuke would be attached to your snail.

Reefmack · 06/02/2007, 07:04 PM

Pics are really needed. Maybe a sponge?

bertoni · 06/02/2007, 07:44 PM

Could be a hydrozoan of some sort, too. Need picture...

Icefire · 06/02/2007, 08:06 PM

nudibranch?

randallcentral · 06/02/2007, 08:40 PM

inc pix

randallcentral · 06/02/2007, 08:49 PM

hahahah is that gum?!

bertoni · 06/02/2007, 10:35 PM

Maybe a sponge.

coast2coast7390 · 06/03/2007, 01:25 AM

nope yellow cucumber...its a filter feeder it usually has apendages coming out of the end...kinda of like tentacles to catch food

randallcentral · 06/03/2007, 04:52 AM

what do I do with it? what do I feed it?

crazyguy34834 · 06/03/2007, 05:25 AM

just let it eat whatever is in your sand, thats what I do and mine is about 5-6 inches long, it will eat stuff off the rocks too

Reefmack · 06/03/2007, 06:06 AM

Sponge is probably correct, and a nice color. It almost looks like the lettuce nudibranchs I've seen at my lfs. But those would be mobile and not on the snail shell for long.

crazyguy34834 · 06/03/2007, 06:38 AM

wow, look how tiny that hermit is, cute little thing

randallcentral · 06/03/2007, 01:00 PM

so just leave it on the snail?

randallcentral · 06/04/2007, 12:18 AM

are there any horse socks?

rhino509 · 06/04/2007, 12:30 AM

its a yellow cucumber for sure,they are filter feeders,i dont and havent spot fed it at all.i would just leave it on the snail and if it finds somewhere in the tank it likes,it will detach itself and go there.just make sure you have decent flow(as with most reef tanks),just my thiughts

bertoni · 06/04/2007, 02:56 PM

I'd just leave it on the snail. I can't tell what it is, but I don't see the feeding appendages, so I guessed possibly a sponge. Could be either.

coast2coast7390 · 06/05/2007, 07:11 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by bertoni
I'd just leave it on the snail. I can't tell what it is, but I don't see the feeding appendages, so I guessed possibly a sponge. Could be either.

they can retract them...usually out of stress

coast2coast7390 · 06/05/2007, 07:14 PM

does this set it straight

jmack · 06/05/2007, 07:35 PM

If it's a cucumber it is one that can poison your tank..i'd sell it back to the LFS!

bertoni · 06/05/2007, 11:20 PM

Thanks for the picture! That definitely helped.

coast2coast7390 · 06/05/2007, 11:47 PM

yup

randallcentral · 06/06/2007, 12:07 AM

no thankyou all

06/02/2007, 04:31 PM	#1
randallcentral Registered Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Killa Kali Posts: 186	Sea Cucumber, Yellow I went to my LFS and got a peppermint shrimp and 2 turbo snails.. one of the snails had a weird lookin yellow thing... I looked it up and it looks exactly like the Sea Cucumber, Yellow. Anything I should know?

06/02/2007, 05:23 PM	#2
drummereef Team RC Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: STL Posts: 14,754	Do you have any pics? I would find if very strange that a tigertail cuke would be attached to your snail. __________________ -Brett 180g Marineland Starfire In-Wall 278 gallon system

06/02/2007, 07:44 PM	#4
bertoni RC Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mountain View, CA, USA Posts: 88,616	Could be a hydrozoan of some sort, too. Need picture... __________________ Jonathan Bertoni

06/02/2007, 08:06 PM	#5
Icefire Seasoned reefer Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: In Quebec, Canada Posts: 3,653	nudibranch? __________________ Temp 80F, PH 8.5-8.0, Alk 6.8-7.2, Ca 430, Mg 1700, NO3 0-0.25, PO4 0.04, 34.4 PPT Lights @ 100% all others, 35% White Current Tank Info: 60g Cube, 120lbs live rocks, Hydra52 2x120W, 2 MP40+ 1 MP10 @ 70%, Phosban 550 GFO+Carbon, 200W Heater, SWC Skimmer, Kalk ATO, 150 gpd RODI

06/02/2007, 10:35 PM	#8
bertoni RC Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mountain View, CA, USA Posts: 88,616	Maybe a sponge. __________________ Jonathan Bertoni

06/02/2007, 07:04 PM	#3
Reefmack Moved On Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Charlotte, NC, USA Posts: 3,412	Pics are really needed. Maybe a sponge?

06/02/2007, 08:40 PM	#6
randallcentral Registered Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Killa Kali Posts: 186	inc pix

06/02/2007, 08:49 PM	#7
randallcentral Registered Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Killa Kali Posts: 186	hahahah is that gum?!

06/03/2007, 01:25 AM	#9
coast2coast7390 Moved On Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Garden Grove Posts: 3,627	nope yellow cucumber...its a filter feeder it usually has apendages coming out of the end...kinda of like tentacles to catch food

06/03/2007, 04:52 AM	#10
randallcentral Registered Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Killa Kali Posts: 186	what do I do with it? what do I feed it?

06/03/2007, 05:25 AM	#11
crazyguy34834 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: South Carolina Posts: 353	just let it eat whatever is in your sand, thats what I do and mine is about 5-6 inches long, it will eat stuff off the rocks too

06/03/2007, 06:06 AM	#12
Reefmack Moved On Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Charlotte, NC, USA Posts: 3,412	Sponge is probably correct, and a nice color. It almost looks like the lettuce nudibranchs I've seen at my lfs. But those would be mobile and not on the snail shell for long.

06/03/2007, 06:38 AM	#13
crazyguy34834 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: South Carolina Posts: 353	wow, look how tiny that hermit is, cute little thing

06/03/2007, 01:00 PM	#14
randallcentral Registered Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Killa Kali Posts: 186	so just leave it on the snail?

06/04/2007, 12:18 AM	#15
randallcentral Registered Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Killa Kali Posts: 186	are there any horse socks?

06/04/2007, 12:30 AM	#16
rhino509 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: spokane,wa Posts: 552	its a yellow cucumber for sure,they are filter feeders,i dont and havent spot fed it at all.i would just leave it on the snail and if it finds somewhere in the tank it likes,it will detach itself and go there.just make sure you have decent flow(as with most reef tanks),just my thiughts

06/04/2007, 02:56 PM	#17
bertoni RC Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mountain View, CA, USA Posts: 88,616	I'd just leave it on the snail. I can't tell what it is, but I don't see the feeding appendages, so I guessed possibly a sponge. Could be either. __________________ Jonathan Bertoni

06/05/2007, 07:14 PM	#19
coast2coast7390 Moved On Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Garden Grove Posts: 3,627	does this set it straight

06/05/2007, 07:35 PM	#20
jmack Premium Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: NV Posts: 1,060	If it's a cucumber it is one that can poison your tank..i'd sell it back to the LFS!

06/05/2007, 11:20 PM	#21
bertoni RC Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mountain View, CA, USA Posts: 88,616	Thanks for the picture! That definitely helped. __________________ Jonathan Bertoni

06/05/2007, 11:47 PM	#22
coast2coast7390 Moved On Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Garden Grove Posts: 3,627	yup

06/06/2007, 12:07 AM	#23
randallcentral Registered Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Killa Kali Posts: 186	no thankyou all