Sea Urchins... Pros and Cons - REEF2REEF Saltwater and Reef …
网页2019年3月6日 · Tuxedo urchins are usually the best specimens, but the purple pincushion urchins are usually good too. Stay away from pencil urchins as they eat coral. Click to expand... Good list and I will just add to it. cons: Mostly nocturnal so you do not really see them much or moving around.
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网页2020年4月4日 · 2,659. Reaction score. 6,117. Location. Virginia. Rating - 0%. 0 0 0. +1 pincushion urchin for being technically reef safe as long as it has enough to eat. As far as not carrying around every rock/frag that's not glued down, that's another matter...
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网页2023年10月13日 · RE: difficulty keeping, tux urchins do not tolerate parameter swings in your tank. One of mine died when I did a water change with LFS water that was at 1.039sg, which obviously drastically changed salinity in the tank. Spines dropped off a day or two later and it was dead.
How do you feed your urchin? - REEF2REEF Saltwater and Reef …
网页2018年7月29日 · When here, I'll take a small piece of seaweed and push it in between the urchin and the glass, and he'll eat it every time. After a couple of feedings, he'll move back into the live rock etc.. Thats what mine was doing too and i was feeding it there every day. Until recently it started to roam the tank again.
Can you house Sea Urchin / Anemones together?
网页2014年2月26日 · Some urchins are not reef-safe. I believe the diadema (spiny) or tuxedo urchins are your best bet, though I wouldn't trust me on that XD check up on the exact species before purchase. Be careful, some urchins have a nasty sting! Jun 8, 2014. #6.
Can a sea urchin eat an Anenome? - REEF2REEF Saltwater and Reef ...
网页2017年1月15日 · Chitown tom said: I have a long spine sea urchin and recently placed a new long tentacle anemone in the tank. He was super small and was settling in. Then yesterday in noticed the sea urchin in the exact same spot the LTA was in. Today the LTA is gone. I also received 3 new BTA a few weeks ago.
Reef Aquarium Fact #169 Sea Urchins can and will sting you if you …
网页2012年6月29日 · Sea Urchins Are Everywhere: Sea urchin injuries are common because sea urchins are common. Divers encounter sea urchins in almost every body of salt water, including all of the world’s oceans. Rocky shores and shallow, sandy areas are some of the sea urchin’s favorite habitats. Shore divers need to take care to avoid steeping on urchins ...
Urchins for Algae Control - REEF2REEF Saltwater and Reef …
网页2013年6月25日 · If you have an established tank with some algae issues, then do not forget about urchins for your clean up crew. Here is what one of mine did overnight on a new huge Deresa clam that I just got. I have found that they will eat any kind of soft algae and then they will eat Coralline after this. If you have a lot of algae, then you might need a ...
Pros and cons of urchins - REEF2REEF Saltwater and Reef …
网页2016年12月18日 · 0 0 0. Cons: You have to take more care when working in the tank so as to avoid the spines. They do not sting but rather the spines break off and can become embedded in tissue. Urchins will bulldoze corals and have the ability to move unstable rock work. Pros: Excellent algae eaters and fascinating animals.
Help with Urchin Acclimation - REEF2REEF Saltwater and Reef …
网页2019年12月8日 · These were short spine sea urchins like Halloween sea urchins. No issues at all with them. They just slowly crawled to water. Same with some the starfish there. I wouldn’t keep them out for hours but a few minutes wouldn’t cause any issues. I have also have sea urchins on the tank wall exposed for 10-15 minutes during a water changes. No ...
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