Sea cucumber
Tiger tail sea cucumber
Holothuria hilla
- Group
- Sea cucumber
- Care level
- Intermediate
- With corals
- Reef safe
What does the tiger tail sea cucumber do in a reef tank?
Detritus sifted from sand typical, check
With corals: Generally yes; one retailer still labels it Expert Only typical, check
How many should you keep?
Needs a sand bed of at least 5 cm typical, check
One US gallon is 3.785 litres and one UK gallon is 4.546 litres, so a "per gallon" rule depends on whose gallon it means.
What can go wrong?
Can release holothurin toxin if stressed or minced in a pump; cover all intakes; copper is fatal; small sand-sifting species are lower risk than large coloured ones typical, check
Which tankmates are risky?
Fish
Fish that may eat or harass it.
Take care (60)
- Ocellaris clownfishA stressed or dead tiger tail sea cucumber can release toxins that harm fish; cover pump intakes.
- Percula clownfishA stressed or dead tiger tail sea cucumber can release toxins that harm fish; cover pump intakes.
- Clark's anemonefishA stressed or dead tiger tail sea cucumber can release toxins that harm fish; cover pump intakes.
- Tomato clownfishA stressed or dead tiger tail sea cucumber can release toxins that harm fish; cover pump intakes.
- Maroon clownfishA stressed or dead tiger tail sea cucumber can release toxins that harm fish; cover pump intakes.
- Neon gobyA stressed or dead tiger tail sea cucumber can release toxins that harm fish; cover pump intakes.
- Yellow clown gobyA stressed or dead tiger tail sea cucumber can release toxins that harm fish; cover pump intakes.
- Yellow watchman gobyA stressed or dead tiger tail sea cucumber can release toxins that harm fish; cover pump intakes.
- Orange spotted gobyA stressed or dead tiger tail sea cucumber can release toxins that harm fish; cover pump intakes.
- Hi-fin red banded gobyA stressed or dead tiger tail sea cucumber can release toxins that harm fish; cover pump intakes.
- Gold head sleeper gobyA stressed or dead tiger tail sea cucumber can release toxins that harm fish; cover pump intakes.
- Rainford's gobyA stressed or dead tiger tail sea cucumber can release toxins that harm fish; cover pump intakes.
- Lawnmower blennyA stressed or dead tiger tail sea cucumber can release toxins that harm fish; cover pump intakes.
- Bicolor blennyA stressed or dead tiger tail sea cucumber can release toxins that harm fish; cover pump intakes.
- Midas blennyA stressed or dead tiger tail sea cucumber can release toxins that harm fish; cover pump intakes.
- Tailspot blennyA stressed or dead tiger tail sea cucumber can release toxins that harm fish; cover pump intakes.
- Striped fang blennyA stressed or dead tiger tail sea cucumber can release toxins that harm fish; cover pump intakes.
- Royal dottybackA stressed or dead tiger tail sea cucumber can release toxins that harm fish; cover pump intakes.
- Orchid dottybackA stressed or dead tiger tail sea cucumber can release toxins that harm fish; cover pump intakes.
- Magenta dottybackA stressed or dead tiger tail sea cucumber can release toxins that harm fish; cover pump intakes.
- Neon dottybackA stressed or dead tiger tail sea cucumber can release toxins that harm fish; cover pump intakes.
- Banggai cardinalfishA stressed or dead tiger tail sea cucumber can release toxins that harm fish; cover pump intakes.
- Pyjama cardinalfishA stressed or dead tiger tail sea cucumber can release toxins that harm fish; cover pump intakes.
- Green chromisA stressed or dead tiger tail sea cucumber can release toxins that harm fish; cover pump intakes.
- Yellowtail blue damselA stressed or dead tiger tail sea cucumber can release toxins that harm fish; cover pump intakes.
- Blue damselA stressed or dead tiger tail sea cucumber can release toxins that harm fish; cover pump intakes.
- Azure damselA stressed or dead tiger tail sea cucumber can release toxins that harm fish; cover pump intakes.
- Humbug damselA stressed or dead tiger tail sea cucumber can release toxins that harm fish; cover pump intakes.
- Yellow coris wrasseA stressed or dead tiger tail sea cucumber can release toxins that harm fish; cover pump intakes.
- Six line wrasseA stressed or dead tiger tail sea cucumber can release toxins that harm fish; cover pump intakes.
- Red head solon fairy wrasseA stressed or dead tiger tail sea cucumber can release toxins that harm fish; cover pump intakes.
- Carpenter's flasher wrasseA stressed or dead tiger tail sea cucumber can release toxins that harm fish; cover pump intakes.
- Melanurus wrasseA stressed or dead tiger tail sea cucumber can release toxins that harm fish; cover pump intakes.
- Leopard wrasseA stressed or dead tiger tail sea cucumber can release toxins that harm fish; cover pump intakes.
- Bluestreak cleaner wrasseA stressed or dead tiger tail sea cucumber can release toxins that harm fish; cover pump intakes.
- FirefishA stressed or dead tiger tail sea cucumber can release toxins that harm fish; cover pump intakes.
- Purple firefishA stressed or dead tiger tail sea cucumber can release toxins that harm fish; cover pump intakes.
- Scissortail dartfishA stressed or dead tiger tail sea cucumber can release toxins that harm fish; cover pump intakes.
- Lyretail anthiasA stressed or dead tiger tail sea cucumber can release toxins that harm fish; cover pump intakes.
- Bartlett's anthiasA stressed or dead tiger tail sea cucumber can release toxins that harm fish; cover pump intakes.
- Royal grammaA stressed or dead tiger tail sea cucumber can release toxins that harm fish; cover pump intakes.
- Yellow assessorA stressed or dead tiger tail sea cucumber can release toxins that harm fish; cover pump intakes.
- Yellow tangA stressed or dead tiger tail sea cucumber can release toxins that harm fish; cover pump intakes.
- Regal blue tangA stressed or dead tiger tail sea cucumber can release toxins that harm fish; cover pump intakes.
- Kole tangA stressed or dead tiger tail sea cucumber can release toxins that harm fish; cover pump intakes.
- Scopas tangA stressed or dead tiger tail sea cucumber can release toxins that harm fish; cover pump intakes.
- Powder blue tangA stressed or dead tiger tail sea cucumber can release toxins that harm fish; cover pump intakes.
- Coral beautyA stressed or dead tiger tail sea cucumber can release toxins that harm fish; cover pump intakes.
- Flame angelfishA stressed or dead tiger tail sea cucumber can release toxins that harm fish; cover pump intakes.
- Cherub angelfishA stressed or dead tiger tail sea cucumber can release toxins that harm fish; cover pump intakes.
- Foxface rabbitfishA stressed or dead tiger tail sea cucumber can release toxins that harm fish; cover pump intakes.
- Flame hawkfishA stressed or dead tiger tail sea cucumber can release toxins that harm fish; cover pump intakes.
- Longnose hawkfishA stressed or dead tiger tail sea cucumber can release toxins that harm fish; cover pump intakes.
- Falco hawkfishA stressed or dead tiger tail sea cucumber can release toxins that harm fish; cover pump intakes.
- Yellowhead jawfishA stressed or dead tiger tail sea cucumber can release toxins that harm fish; cover pump intakes.
- Mandarin dragonetA stressed or dead tiger tail sea cucumber can release toxins that harm fish; cover pump intakes.
- Spotted mandarinA stressed or dead tiger tail sea cucumber can release toxins that harm fish; cover pump intakes.
- Moorish idolA stressed or dead tiger tail sea cucumber can release toxins that harm fish; cover pump intakes.
- Harlequin filefishA stressed or dead tiger tail sea cucumber can release toxins that harm fish; cover pump intakes.
- Copperband butterflyfishA stressed or dead tiger tail sea cucumber can release toxins that harm fish; cover pump intakes.
Other invertebrates
Invertebrates it may harm, or that may harm it.
None known.
These checks follow the reasons fish and invertebrates clash: same species or genus, similar shape, mouth size, temperament, food, burrows, tank size and the order they are added. Individual animals differ; every source agrees on that.
Sources
Last checked . How we check
Found a mistake? Tell us how to fix it.
Related invertebrates
Sea apple
Pseudocolochirus spp.
Not for beginners
- Care
- Advanced
- Group
- Sea cucumber
- Corals
- Not reef safe
Photo Marrabbio2, CC BY-SA 3.0