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Leave him in, looks harmless.

Originally Posted by Jessy

Nice. I love the green slimer. It was one of 3 acros I chose to have in my tank...and if I ever go to sps again, it'll be one I choose again.

The green slimer was an impromptu buy. I had never really seen one in person (I am a newbie!) but it is so GREEN! It is so very fun!

Originally Posted by matt_longview

Very cool. I'll enjoy frag swaps in the future! :-)

Interesting blasto, would love to see a mother colony on that!

I reserved the blasto ahead of time without really ever seeing one in person. I must say, I really like the little guys and I look forward to seeing them grow and adding more.

Originally Posted by MarcG

be very careful with that xenia, it will take over the whole tank. Keep it separated from other rocks

I will keep an eye on it. It is rather isolated at the moment and I plan to keep it that way.

Nice. I love the green slimer. It was one of 3 acros I chose to have in my tank...and if I ever go to sps again, it'll be one I choose again.

be very careful with that xenia, it will take over the whole tank. Keep it separated from other rocks

Very cool. I'll enjoy frag swaps in the future! :-)

Interesting blasto, would love to see a mother colony on that!

I think you have a bunch of good pictures, and the videos were nice. Thanks for updating us.

The tank is clean and devoid of nuisance algae. Keep up the good work.

That sounds about right.

Droppings have been spotted! He curls up in the top corner of my tank during the day, but when night comes he munches away on the sand bed. He looks good.

Unknown. It can mop off each kernel if it can't ingest it grain by grain. Watch for tell-tale droppings to see if it is processing anything.

Originally Posted by melev

The sea cucumbers mop the sand for food and expel clean sand out their butts. Great clean up guy, but you don't want it going through a powerhead. I've had mine travel the glass as well, even hugging Vortech pumps but it never was an issue.

As they move sand, they can undermine your workwork due to shifted substrate. Keep an eye on that.

Regarding my observation and concern in my above post, Do you think the sand is too large for it ingest or is it common for it to drop lots of grains of sand as it brings it up to its mouth?

The sea cucumbers mop the sand for food and expel clean sand out their butts. Great clean up guy, but you don't want it going through a powerhead. I've had mine travel the glass as well, even hugging Vortech pumps but it never was an issue.

As they move sand, they can undermine your workwork due to shifted substrate. Keep an eye on that.

Thanks guys. The wife is giving it a one week trial period to decide if she likes it. Once she accepts the hanging lights I am going to pitch her a proposal to replace the couch with a frag tank .
Shawn, checked out your cube, I like it. Nice work on the stand too. Keep us up-to-date on your diy led lighting, I look forward to seeing it.

Originally Posted by Neelixx

Interesting. 2nd post I've read regarding Aqua Illumination Lights. I was going to get 2 48" AquaticLife Timed T5's. Now, maybe I should look into the AI's.

Nice install!

hey neelixx, i found i thread you may like to read if your interested in the AI lights. brace yourself its long but all the info is in the forst ~20pages then its just ppl asking the same questions over and over and over and over and over

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1841197

its nice to see another cube owner on here, your tank is looking great

those lights are amazing!!!! ive only heard good things about them so im going to be making 2 diy replicas for my cube, the choice to hang them definitly gives an overall cleaner look

Interesting. 2nd post I've read regarding Aqua Illumination Lights. I was going to get 2 48" AquaticLife Timed T5's. Now, maybe I should look into the AI's.

Nice install!

looking good

Looks great. Thanks for sharing your images with us.

Good question, I have been wondering that myself. I have not actually seen it eat. It survived the tank cycle and seemed to have thrived on the algae bloom. I have also done several searches online, and while physical features are described, I have not come across anything that specifically says what it eats.