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05/10/2006, 05:58 AM
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Registered Member
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: central florida
Posts: 461
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dusty live rock?? & urchin poop!!
it seems like there is dust or something all over my live rock...
there is kelp growing on some of the rock and it's all dusty too... is this algae, and what little critters eat this stuff? also nobody ever told me how much sea urchins poop... good lord!!! there is tiny little urchin poop everywhere! |
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05/10/2006, 07:08 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 578
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i get the dust on my rocks too. get a turkey baster and blow it off.
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05/10/2006, 07:18 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 2,712
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Exacly I do the same thing everyday. I use a turkey baster and blow the dust off my rocks so that it goes to my overflow and get to my skimmer.
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05/10/2006, 08:18 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: San Francisco CA
Posts: 769
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I have 2 diadema sea urchins, and yes, they poo a lot
 You can't exactly scale back their feeding since they just graze on LR. If they happen upon some, my hermit crabs take care of it.
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05/10/2006, 10:03 AM
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Premium Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 378
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It sounds like you need some more powerheads to increase your flow. A lot of water movement will keep the poop broken up and detritus off of your rocks.
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