Thoughts on yellow sea cucumbers

[jgordie]

How well do these do in reef tanks? Are they hardy and worth having?

[Reefyone]

If this is the small filter-feeding yellow cucumber Colochirus robustus, it should be nice to have - sorry, can't find the link, some people are keeping several of them and like it.

I tried to buy such cuke, but when they are contracted and on the top of the tank, the sand-fifting bright yellow cucumber looks the same. Grows big and is better doing with the sand, althouth some are keeping it in bare bottom too (single post at forum, experienced keeper, don't have link right now, sorry).


The nice creature, IME, when it died in the tank crash, there was no evisceration or toxins release of any kind (same with Pentacta anceps pink-green one).

Another possibility is also filter feeder, Pentacta lutea. I had only its pink relative, Pentacta anceps, and really like it - gorgeous animal.

Interesting to see, how they "lick the fingers"
No problems, worth to have, only have to be fed all the time (~8 times a day), that may require effective skimming for a cleaning.

[Geoff]

those that lick their fingers are filter feeders and tend to not do so well in the aqurium long term. you need to look for the burrowing ones, those that stick close the rocks and in the sand. they filter the sand for detritus.

G~

[Mr. Fishy Man]

How do you know which ones burrow?

[Mr. Fishy Man]

How do you know if it burrows?

[shred5]

Yellow sea cucumbers dont do well in a reef but do well in a nps tank.

Tigertail cucumbers can be found easily and can do well with a large sandbed.