Do Tiger Tail Cucumbers have babies or lay eggs?

[hwsva]

I have 2 tiger tail cucumbers with my package from TBSW. Well one of them always stayed in the corner where my heater is. I noticed this morning that its moved away from the corner and it seems longer and thinner and on the end it seems to have a big opening. Not far from where it stayed for the last week or so, I see this whitish oval thing (about half inch) that seems to have bumps on it like a sea cucumber. Did my cucumber give birth or is it another unidentified critter?

[joezkool]

I believe as with all invertabrates, they lay eggs, or store eggs. You may be looking at another creature who hitch-hiked with your cuke. Is the thing moving? If not it may be poop or something...hehe.

Joe

[joefish]

My tiger tail split ,and now I have 2.:D I thought that was their means of reproduction , but maybee they lay eggs or give birth too.:confused:

[reptilicus]

G'day,
Holothurians can reproduce either sexually or asexually (as joefish found out!). When the reproduce sexually they are mass demersal spawners, releasing eggs and sperm into the water column.
Regards,
Tom

[K. Lee]

From the sounds of it, and not knowing the size of the cucumber or how big a sea cucumber's guts are, it sounds like it eviscerated itself.

[hwsva]

It's alive! I yanked it out of the tank, saw that it had little tentacles all over its body. Since then, I've put it back in the tank and this morning when I checked on it, it was about half inch in length...it stretched out I guess....oh well another living critter for me to identify :D