Ahh!!! Help!!!!!! Sea Cucumber!!!!

[pitbull01]

Hey everybody,
well last night i heard something stumble the impeller in my powerhead, well it is about 10 years old so sometimes it just does that for no reason, well this morning it happened again and i saw a piece of my tiger tail sea cucumber come out...with it crash my tank?? This happened about 4 hours ago and so far everything is fine, I still have not found the rest of the cucumber, only about a 1/2 inch piece, which came out of my powerhead. I already did a 25 percent water change, so what is there left to do? Hope and pray everything goes well? I am only in 7th grade so if this tank crashes, i am done with saltwater for a while because it costs a lot of money and I dont have hardly any at all. HELP!!!!!!!

Adam

 

[f1shman]

Are they even poisionous?

 

[pitbull01]

I don't know, I know some are, but mine is a tiger tail cucumber. So far my tank looks totally normal, I just hope I dont lose anything.
-Adam

 

[f1shman]

If they weren't poisious, why would you lose something?!

 

[f1shman]

I just read that if they die they may expel there internal organs, which are poisions to somefish. So i guess if the fish didn't eat it, they'll be fine.

 

[pitbull01]

Thats the problem, I dont know if they ate any of it!!
-Adam

 

[f1shman]

are they swimming fine and still eating?

 

[pitbull01]

Umm they are still swimming, I will tell u in a second if they are still eating, let me feed them a minute.
-Adam

 

[pitbull01]

Yup, they are all still eating normally but it has only been like 4-5 hours since i saw the thing come out of the powerhead.
-Adam

 

[f1shman]

What do you have in that tank? (fish wise) and what do you feed um

 

[pitbull01]

I have 2 black onyx percula clowns, 1 blue devil damsel, and 1 yellow tang. I also have a bunch of hermits and a cleaner shrimp. And coral wise, umm, too much to list.
-Adam
The only thing I am really scared about losing are my black onyx clowns!! They were expensive!!

 

[f1shman]

ya!! those are like $140 online for a pair. Do you mind if I ask how much you paid for um?

 

[pitbull01]

I paid 180.00 at my LFS but that is because they are HUGE!!
-Adam

 

[pitbull01]

Oh, and I feed them formula 1 and 2 flake, frozen brine, frozen mysis, frozen squid...I think that is about it, oh and cyclopeeze for the corals but the fish eat it too.
-Adam

 

[f1shman]

jeez no wonder you don't wannna lose them!! plus your only in 7th grade!! bummer! well i hope all works well, i think they should be okay

 

[pitbull01]

Thank you, that makes me feel much better.
-Adam
Now I can breathe at least a little bit easier.

 

[pitbull01]

OH NO!!! I just saw my male clown eat something white in the water, I am not sure if it was from the cucumber, it didnt look like it, but if it is, OH NO!!!!!
-Adam

 

[ophiura]

I would primarily be concerned with water quality which you should watch very closely.

 

[pitbull01]

Ok, I will keep that in mind. Why would this affect my water quality though, because of the dead animal??
-Adam

 

[f1shman]

Yes. If he is decomposing it can affect your water quality negatively.