how to clean up urchin spines from tank

f3honda4me · 01/25/2012, 09:03 PM

I got a pencil urchin today from reefcleaners, and unfortunately it looks like it may not survive the trip. It had already shed a lot of spines in the bag, the bag had punctured and lost a lot of water, and the water was rather cold.

I did the acclimation and the urchin basically flips itself onto its side and then sits there and sheds spines. My snails have occasionally gone over one of these spines and stung themselves so I'm trying to figure out the best way I can pick the spines up off the substrate?

Steve175 · 01/25/2012, 09:38 PM

Don't give up on it. Many inverts look dead for 24-48h (meaning zero movement) and then begin to thrive.

01/25/2012, 09:03 PM	#1
f3honda4me Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,218	how to clean up urchin spines from tank I got a pencil urchin today from reefcleaners, and unfortunately it looks like it may not survive the trip. It had already shed a lot of spines in the bag, the bag had punctured and lost a lot of water, and the water was rather cold. I did the acclimation and the urchin basically flips itself onto its side and then sits there and sheds spines. My snails have occasionally gone over one of these spines and stung themselves so I'm trying to figure out the best way I can pick the spines up off the substrate?

01/25/2012, 09:38 PM	#2
Steve175 Registered Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 1,186	Don't give up on it. Many inverts look dead for 24-48h (meaning zero movement) and then begin to thrive. __________________ Steve ---------------------------------- Current Tank Info: 2 separate 250G bowfront rimless ELOS tanks plumbed to 260G sump, 220G refugium, 220G frag, BK DeLuxe 300, 400W MH x4, closed loops, 3/4hp chiller x2, Phos reactor, Kalk reactor, Charcoal reactor, Ca reactor, 60G surge tanks, & a huge elec bill