Yellow Cucumber

How to Care for Yellow Cucumber written by Dave Burr A colorful and bizarre addition to any reef aquarium, the Yellow Cucumber can live for many years in the home aquarium. The Yellow Cucumber uses its oral tentacles to catch food that floats by. As each tentacle becomes full of food it draws its entire tentacle into its mouth. The Yellow Cucumber should be target feed fed foods for filter feeders including marine snow, phytoplankton, and zooplankton. Behavior: It will move around the aquarium until it finds an area with a good current where it can filter plenty of food. Once it finds a desirable spot it may stay there for many months. Feeding: The Yellow Cucumber should be target fed foods for filter feeders including marine snow, phytoplankton, and zooplankton. If not properly fed, the body of the Yellow Cucumber will slowly begin to shrink. Try creating a storm in your aquarium using a turkey baster to blow jets of water into the dead spots of the aquarium to stir up the detritus