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03/28/2006, 01:19 AM
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Whether sea urchins are Reef Safe?
this is my tank, packed with LPS & LR, does long spines black sea urchins harm corals in anyway? will it easily stuck between the rock? anyone has the sea urchin experience? please suggest...
tks in advance. 
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03/28/2006, 01:29 AM
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they will eat your coralline alge for sure.
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03/28/2006, 01:59 AM
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I have had them move rocks, eat coralline, and eat polyps...
Handy if you have an algae problem, but you don't seem to have one.  Rich
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Rich Current Tank Info: DSA 135g (48x24x27) Starphire, Elite Aquatics M2 Sump, Reef Octopus Diablo DCS200-INT, GEO 612 Calcium Reactor + AP Carbon Doser, 2x Radion Pro Gen2, 2x VorTech MP40 |
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03/28/2006, 04:02 AM
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skylam, wow, what a great tank. Can you give me more info on how you run it?
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03/28/2006, 04:51 AM
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yeah, nice tank.. normally urchins are used for algae control, right? doesn't seem like you have that problem..
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huh? you mean those are not purple people eaters in my avatar? Current Tank Info: home: 75 gal reef, 18 gal planted discus; class: 20 gal reef and some goldfish which won't die.. |
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03/28/2006, 07:00 AM
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That tank is amazing, very nice!
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03/28/2006, 07:09 AM
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I had one... they are large and clumsy with their spikes. They will knock everything over, especially in a more crowded tank. I got rid of him... Now I have a Tuxedo, seems to be a much better choice.
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If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right. I remember when zoanthids were called things like "green" and "orange" and not "reverse gorilla nipple." Current Tank Info: 180g reef with all the bells and whistles |
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03/28/2006, 11:25 AM
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the reason i wanna hav one is thinking the urchin may clean up the sand bed,seems like i was wrong!
stephen the tank is under a 150w 20000k MH + 2 x 27W actinics water flow 900g/hour. once a week 2 % water change & iodine, trace element, strongtium supplement, that's about it... or visit the the following for more: click for more under the folder "equipment" for pics of sump, + other equipments |
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03/28/2006, 11:34 AM
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If you've got a dirty sandbed, try a cucumber, otherwise I have two urchins that are reef-safe but do eat coralline.
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