black sea cucumber died... what to do???

[TRUKINGNY]

i have had a black sea cucumber for a month now i have noticed he had cuts from my rock but looked ok yesterday he was moving and today i found him dead right before i found him dead i did a 20 gal water change then i found him dead and i took him out right away... i have 2 clownfish a clam, brain coral, plate coral, pepperment shrimp, snails, hermit crabs.... what should I DO???? everything looks fine is there anything i can test for???

 

[TRUKINGNY]

picture taken when he was removed

 

[motortrendz]

i think if you got him quicly and hes not all slimy mooshy youll be fine.. whats your total gallonage of your system? if its small you will be more suseptible to n issue but if its a larger system its more forgiving..

 

[TRUKINGNY]

i think if you got him quicly and hes not all slimy mooshy youll be fine.. whats your total gallonage of your system? if its small you will be more suseptible to n issue but if its a larger system its more forgiving..

i have a 120 gal tank with a 30 gal sump... is this ok???

 

[motortrendz]

i think youll be fine!! are u running a carbon reactor?? if so change out the carbon and let the new carbon run to take out and impurities... it wouldnt hurt to do another 20g water change..
the problem comes in when they are left in and the toxic byproducts are left behind

 

[prattreef]

If you are worried about a toxic event from the cuke, it would have occurred almost immediately. You should be fine. Looks like the cuke might have encountered a powerhead.

 

[motortrendz]

prat, it does happen right away? i thought i was after a few hours of it sitting dead??

 

[SevTT]

i have had a black sea cucumber for a month now i have noticed he had cuts from my rock but looked ok yesterday he was moving and today i found him dead right before i found him dead i did a 20 gal water change then i found him dead and i took him out right away... i have 2 clownfish a clam, brain coral, plate coral, pepperment shrimp, snails, hermit crabs.... what should I DO???? everything looks fine is there anything i can test for???

If everything looks fine you're probably OK, but to be safe you should probably run carbon. If you don't have a reactor, put goodly amount (a full cup or two) in a bag (I use nylon pantyhose) in a high-flow area of your sump.

 

[motortrendz]

If everything looks fine you're probably OK, but to be safe you should probably run carbon. If you don't have a reactor, put goodly amount (a full cup or two) in a bag (I use nylon pantyhose) in a high-flow area of your sump.

do u know what your talking abt??? lol jk sevtt..

 

[prattreef]

prat, it does happen right away? i thought i was after a few hours of it sitting dead??

Well it might if were sitting there rotting, but he removed it. My point is the toxins work very quickly and if it did release anything he would know about it already. Once the cuke is removed, there is no further risk.

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

You could play it safe and do a water change but like Randy said, looks like you caught it quick enough to worry about issues.

 

[Dre]

Consider yourself lucky and don't buy any more.:wink1:

 

[SevTT]

Consider yourself lucky and don't buy any more.:wink1:

Are you kidding? I love the black sea cukes. Mine's always roving over my tank, hoovering up detritus, diatoms, and even cyano.

However, it's probably a good idea to do something to prevent them from getting sucked into your pumps. Use a pre-filter guard, if possible, on your pump intakes. Also, mine seems to be less likely to roam up the glass if I keep the glass cleaned of even the light scum of diatoms and algae that appears after a day or two.

 

[TRUKINGNY]

thx everyone i dont think he got stuck in my power head i saw him up against a rock like trying to go around it but he was pressing up against it bad and iam guessing this was the result... but thx again everything looks good i will cross my fingers