Tiger tail cucumber

Proteus · #1 03-23-2012, 12:36 AM

My brothers tank sh*t the bed when a cuke decided to squirt during a waterchange. Even though water change was completed and another was being started. Tank was dead in a hour

tim the toolman · #2 03-23-2012, 12:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Titus99

My brothers tank sh*t the bed when a cuke decided to squirt during a waterchange. Even though water change was completed and another was being started. Tank was dead in a hour

WOW. Ok now in scared thanks Nick lol. So would the general consecensus be to get him the F out of my tank?

Dive_dry · #3 03-23-2012, 12:47 AM

i have or had one in my tank havent seen him in 6 months at least so if it is dead my tank is fine

tim the toolman · #4 03-23-2012, 12:49 AM

Yah I have seen reviews saying that a large system running carbon can survive a cuke nuke. But who wants to take that chance?

Proteus · #5 03-23-2012, 12:56 AM

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Originally Posted by tim the toolman

WOW. Ok now in scared thanks Nick lol. So would the general consecensus be to get him the F out of my tank?

When this happened I decided to take my pink one out. When it came out of water it started squirting all over. It scared the p*ss out of me. Lol

Although they are great at what they do I don't believe I am experienced enough to chance it

tim the toolman · #6 03-23-2012, 12:59 AM

Yah I'm feeling yah. My buddy Allan has had a pink in his tank for years and no issues and he has done a tank swap since it went in. I should add though that he is an expert reefer and has more experience than I could hope for in twenty years lol.

Reefer Rob · #7 03-23-2012, 01:16 AM

I had them in my 180 until I removed the sand bed. The only issue I had was that one turned into several dozen. Even when moved around there was no problem... not to say they couldn't be.

toytech · #8 03-23-2012, 02:01 AM

you have to really stress them for them to eject there guts .They just squirt water when you take them out of water its no big deal.I had one and it survived a broken heater/tank crash .

whatcaneyedo · #9 03-23-2012, 02:04 AM

I've had a tiger tail for several years without too many issues. I think I bought it in 2006 but its been so long that I no longer remember. A few times I've had to pull it off of my overflow or a pump intake strainer but it was never seriously hurt, just stuck. Its divided a few times as well. I've sold two, one disappeared and the remaining one lives in my frag tank.