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01-31-2003, 01:09 AM
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Klingon
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Forest Grove, OR
Posts: 1,808
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One Poopin Monster
Just bought this black cucumber and boy does he eat sand then poops piles of it out  Got him at Seahorse Aquarium in Portland.
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40g 3' BB tank * 2 Seio 820's * 250w 14kk light * 190w actinic/10kk * DIY recirc skimmer.
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Last edited by Jimbo; 01-31-2003 at 03:48 AM.
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01-31-2003, 07:47 AM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Windsor, Ontario
Posts: 851
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Tank: Oceanic 40 gal. stretch hex with 15 gal. fuge
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01-31-2003, 11:05 AM
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TRT Staff The Mominator
Join Date: Jan 1999
Location: Just South Of Seattle
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Those cukes do a good job, but it's true, they aren't the purtiest thing in the tank 
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01-31-2003, 11:07 AM
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Klingon
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Forest Grove, OR
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hehe my yellow tangs poops like that, he does not seem to break up the algea very far, plenty of fiber for him  The purple tang breaks up the algea to more like regular poop. I'm pretty sure the yellow tang is from hawaii, but not sure where the purple tang is from (redsea comes to mind). There was a big pile of sand behind the cucumber this morning. Very happy with the purchase.
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40g 3' BB tank * 2 Seio 820's * 250w 14kk light * 190w actinic/10kk * DIY recirc skimmer.
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01-31-2003, 11:01 PM
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Wants a Howitzer
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Maine
Posts: 3,934
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LOL
My yellow tang leaves some rather 'healthy' deposits too.....
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02-01-2003, 02:19 AM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Portland, OR
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I got a tiger tail cucumber from Woody about 6 months ago. It is HUGH! It has caused quite a little problem for me in my tank. It seems that the cucumber dosent want to TOTALLY leave the safety and security of the rocks. So...what it does is leave it's hind end in the rocks and just moves its head out to eat the sand from the front of the tank. So....I have hugh piles of sand, burying the live rock in the tank. Dont quite know what to do short of trying to remove it.
Dennis
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02-01-2003, 02:28 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Seattle, WA
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He did it all for the Dukie, the Dukie
I'm considering getting one for my system as well. That's an interesting experience you're having Dennis. So, you're getting a mound of clean sand inside your rockwork?
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02-01-2003, 08:42 PM
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reef rich penny poor
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Reno, Nv
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Mine's poopless...
I have a pink/black one and it spends absolutely no time in the sand whatsoever. He climbed up the side of the tank on to the overflow. He covers about 3" of the "teeth" along the side of it. He's been there about a week, won't come down. Tried to pull him off, but he's firmly attached and I didn't want to hurt him. I wonder if he's constipated?? |
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02-01-2003, 08:50 PM
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Eat more PIE
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Florida Panhandle
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Hey my cucumber is so fat now and big the other morning I got up and looked in the tank he was so fat he looked like a burnt hotdog thrown in there and with my kids that wouldnt have suprised me. Casey
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02-02-2003, 01:48 AM
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Klingon
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Forest Grove, OR
Posts: 1,808
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I picked up a sand sifter also, but it was bristle worm food the next morning. Woody said he had a couple die off out of the last batch. But I'm so happy with this guy, will probally just buy another cuke. He never sleeps just eats
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40g 3' BB tank * 2 Seio 820's * 250w 14kk light * 190w actinic/10kk * DIY recirc skimmer.
~If I could only remember half of what I've learned~
~Jimbo~
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01-14-2004, 09:47 PM
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squid
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Amarillo, Tx
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Be very careful with him. I had one for a while and last week came home to a wiped out tank, found him stuck in a powerhead. When they die they WILL let off a toxin in the water. I am still trying to get my tank back in order. It was a very sad day.
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01-14-2004, 10:35 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Windsor, Ontario
Posts: 851
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Ouch... Sorry to hear that 
What kind of cuke was it?
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Tank: Oceanic 40 gal. stretch hex with 15 gal. fuge
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01-15-2004, 06:27 PM
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squid
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Amarillo, Tx
Posts: 5
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it was the identical one the JImbo has.
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