mvallee
Non-member
I have had this Pink and Black Sea Cucumber for almost three years now. About three weeks ago I noticed it up at the top curled up and looking odd. I knew the dangers so was thinking about pulling it but it was stuck to the side and still seemed quite solid so I left it.
It disappeared for almost two weeks and I was getting nervous when all of a sudden there was a Pink and Black Sea cucumber but only like 2 inches long and then this week I see another one about 2 inches long as well, so apparently it split. The original was about 8 inches so not sure if I will find more segments, how freaky is that.
My only concern now is they are not on the sandbed and not acting like the original that was always eating dirty sand and pooping out perfectly clean sand pellets. I am thinking it needs to form the mouths and exit end first but how long do I wait. Is it worth the risk to keep waiting. Anyone ever have this happen? I have googled it and found it happens, They can reproduce Asexually by splitting when conditions are right, though rarely but no details beyond that.
One of the 2" segments
It disappeared for almost two weeks and I was getting nervous when all of a sudden there was a Pink and Black Sea cucumber but only like 2 inches long and then this week I see another one about 2 inches long as well, so apparently it split. The original was about 8 inches so not sure if I will find more segments, how freaky is that.
My only concern now is they are not on the sandbed and not acting like the original that was always eating dirty sand and pooping out perfectly clean sand pellets. I am thinking it needs to form the mouths and exit end first but how long do I wait. Is it worth the risk to keep waiting. Anyone ever have this happen? I have googled it and found it happens, They can reproduce Asexually by splitting when conditions are right, though rarely but no details beyond that.
One of the 2" segments
