sea cukes nuke the tank ?

[Snarkys]

i found a cuke in the intake of my skimmer today . do the kind that you ship release toxins into the tank when they die ?

[OrchidMan]

Originally posted by Snarkys
i found a cuke in the intake of my skimmer today . do the kind that you ship release toxins into the tank when they die ?

Richard,

One of my new ones also just died. Should we be doing anything else besides getting it out of the tank ASAP?

Gary

[Snarkys]

nothing seems to have happened other than amoinia and nitrites went up for couple days. but i guess that is expected when ya shread one of them .

[OrchidMan]

Originally posted by Snarkys
nothing seems to have happened other than amoinia and nitrites went up for couple days. but i guess that is expected when ya shread one of them .
Snarkys,
I was able to make contact with Richard.
We are cool. It will just turn into a stinking mess. It is good to know because we have also read about the potential problems with cukes. One less thing to worry about.

Gary

[Snarkys]

so it happened again . another cuke in the skimmer intake . i cant believe this ......
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here is a pic of the grid i made to keep them out .. i have no idea how it got though this.

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[Snarkys]

should i just take the other two out of the tank ? do the cukes really do anything good for the tank ?

[docklink]

Up to about a week ago, I would have said they do nothing as mine have hung out on the rocks and filtered the water. But the one has recently started crawling the sand and mopping it with its feeding apparatus.