sea cukes

Hello, I got a sea hare over the weekend to try to stir up my sandbed alittle but I have been hearing alot of bad things about them, like starving to death and that they never live long (about a month?) So I wanted to see if anyone has had any long term luck with these guys? I am attempting to...

Since no one posts on my build thread anymore I thought I would start a new thread for my question. My tank currently looks like this.... My question is, At what point should I add a small clean up crew? I have diatoms everwhere. Can I add a small clean up crew? Will it be safe to add a...

So I have setup a new 24 gallon saltwater tank, it has 10 LBS of live sand and 15 pounds of live rock. I only had it set up for about 5-7 days and now it growing this brown algae all over (there is some green as well) I don't have any fish in currently, but I do have a turbo snail. I need all...

Hey all!:wavey: I'm just curious about sea cucumbers. I'm thinking about getting a couple to clean up detritus and fish waste. What do you all think about them?:icon10-3:

This Was Found In My Corner Over Flow..must Of Came From A Piece Of Live Rock...it Finaly Went Down My Drain Into My Sump, Into My Berlin Bag..what The Heck Is It And Were Should I Put It?..heres Pics Of It In Topperware...is It A Cucumber? Something From Space?,lol..HERES A LINK..YOU BE THE...

Lately I've being fighting with red slime on my sand bed. I have syphon only the top of the bed. After a Few days its start to appear again. Finally brown algae have not being growing that much or isnt growing. But I would like to find a way to get rid of the red slime. That tank is 4 month...

Just curious as to how people keep their substrate clean? do you just stir and vaccum and do water changes. Is there something I missed.... mine is not bad, just wanna know if there is a better way????

is there anything I should know about their upkeep before I purchase one? Furthermore, what about the cat terd looking sea cukes? And speaking of sea cukes are there any other varieties that I could purchase that would do the same type of things as the cat terds?

What might I be able to keep in my 46 gal. that would get eat detritus? Keep in mind my current inhabitants are a fiji damsel, a blue-leg hermit, and two other hermit crabs.

Hey I'm kind of new to the reef tank. I had a fish only for a little while but got bored with it. So I am starting a reef tank. I was just wondering what is a good reef compatiable fish or invert that will keep the bristle worm population under control? Here is some info on my tank 80 gal...

Ok, I am trying to increace the bio-load (fish poo) in my 50 gallon (4 foot) Bomber Bottom SPS tank. So far I bought one fish that eats SPS, and one that got in a huge fight with my 6-line (now removed) and each fish buying experiance has resulted in me having to rip my reef apart...

Hi guys just wanted to let everyone know the fake MMR club is no more,it was all done in fun and I was told by admin some members were intimidated by it or felt left out,Im sorry if anyones feelings got hurt and I apologize,it was just to poke fun at the BRW club of girls.Once again im sorry if...

Yup thats right.. it is time to roll up those sleves and dust of the brain.. Chemistry 101 Lets start off with the the very basic Reef chemistry. , then move in to the more heavier things including making your own kalk... So tell me what your parameters...

Had a great time at the meeting. R3 and I tried to get to Waves on the way home and ended up sliding backwards down the hill and into oncoming traffic. 2wd Dakota's do not go up icey hills very well. It was a slow drive until we hit the rest area and then R3 was much more pleasant to drive...

What would be the ideal way of stocking a new tank? My tank has been running for well over two months now with just 10 turbo's and 10+ hermits, as you can tell i'm taking my time as i've read so much about being patient with this hobby as that seems to be the key to a succesful tank. Like...

We decided to give our rock a couple of months after the moving disaster just because. The new tank is looking good except that there is algae forming now. I cut back the lighting to four hours of white with an additional hour before and after of blue but it is getting all over now. The rock...

Hi All, I am hoping ot put the first batch of critters in my system in the next week or two assuming my levels are lwo enough and was wondering what people recomend - both for the display tank and the fuge. System spec: 150G display tank 2 x 400 14K MH <1" argonite substrate seeded with...

Almost sounds like a bad trip to the dr's office! Seriously, who keeps both? I used to do so... the scarlet hermits seemed to leave the snails alone... but, for the most part, I thought snails were just better all around to keep in a reef tank, (depending on type,) so I'm thinking before I...

This morning I found the sea cucumber in my refugium sitting on top of a bunch of white stringy things. There is some trailing over the algae plants. I think it is the sea cucumber guts. :( Is that what it is? What causes this, just being sick? Can an injury, like from a hermit crab for...

ok, my tanks is only 3 weeks old, I am getting an alge explosion. I have to clean the glass 2-3 times a day. Is it supposed to be that way? should I try and slow it down? I mean is it good/bad/ugly