Black Sea Cucumber looks odd

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We’ve had this sea cucumber since mid last year. He’s acting strangely and has what looks like a bulge or hemorrhoid near his little tentacles.

We recently had a porcupine puffer that ended up having ick so we treated the tank, did a water change, and treated again. He seemed to be improving but a week later, today, we found him dead this morning.

I don’t know if maybe the ick treatment jacked up the cucumber or not but any suggestions here would be great.

He’s a great dude and cleans our gravel wonderfully so we hate to lose him.

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We’ve had this sea cucumber since mid last year. He’s acting strangely and has what looks like a bulge or hemorrhoid near his little tentacles.

We recently had a porcupine puffer that ended up having ick so we treated the tank, did a water change, and treated again. He seemed to be improving but a week later, today, we found him dead this morning.

I don’t know if maybe the ick treatment jacked up the cucumber or not but any suggestions here would be great.

He’s a great dude and cleans our gravel wonderfully so we hate to lose him.

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Sorry to hear on puffer and most definitely yes, any ich treatment especially one containing copper will have an adverse effect on the cucumber
 

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