chellie4u2
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What would be causing sea Urchins to have all there spines fall off and then die??? they are in a 30 gallon tank that has been going for 3 years and water is testing as is should
Death!!
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chellie4u2
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one died a few days ago and now the other two have there spikes falling off and look bad! I have a second tank where two are and they are great what copuld be the problem? There seems to be plenty of algae?
chellie4u2
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I have had them about three weeks i bought them from this website, my salinty is 1.023 and everything is testing normal? and there is one from the same group that I bought in a different tank and it's doing fine
chellie4u2
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I am using premixed saltwater out of a box, real ocean water so i can't mess up my water by mixing it.
chellie4u2
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i would post a picture of them but i can't figure out how so
candycane
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Your water parameters would have to get pretty bad for them to begin shedding their spines. Also lack of nutrition. You must have a HUGE tank to have purchased three urchins. They also may be having a little urchin pow-wow that is causing them to shed. Check all the urchins and see if they have any spines from the other urchins that they are carrying around with them.
chellie4u2
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ok i just tested my water and the kit i have shows:
Ammonia 0
Nitrite .01
Nitrate 5
ph 7.9 and the temp is 82
and the sality is 1.025 which is shoing in the green area as being ok
Ammonia 0
Nitrite .01
Nitrate 5
ph 7.9 and the temp is 82
and the sality is 1.025 which is shoing in the green area as being ok
chellie4u2
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Acclimated them by placing them in a small new bucket and driped water from the tank in it for about 2-3 hours, and these are the only ones that died one from the same group is in a different tank and is fine, and im not sure on the age of the test kit, bf had it before my time.
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jupoc911
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sounds like an acclimation problem. How did you acclimate these guys? Also your ph is low.
saltn00b
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Originally Posted by Chellie4u2
I am using premixed saltwater out of a box, real ocean water so i can't mess up my water by mixing it.
what exactly does that mean? out of a box or real ocean water?
if its real ocean water, where are you getting it from? 10-15 miles off shore? if not you could be bringing in some very harmful toxins, poisons, pollutants that you cant test for. For example, gasoline!
I am using premixed saltwater out of a box, real ocean water so i can't mess up my water by mixing it.
what exactly does that mean? out of a box or real ocean water?
if its real ocean water, where are you getting it from? 10-15 miles off shore? if not you could be bringing in some very harmful toxins, poisons, pollutants that you cant test for. For example, gasoline!
renogaw
Active Member
Originally Posted by saltn00b
what exactly does that mean? out of a box or real ocean water?
if its real ocean water, where are you getting it from? 10-15 miles off shore? if not you could be bringing in some very harmful toxins, poisons, pollutants that you cant test for. For example, gasoline!
i'd say out of a box from like ***** or somewhere.
i've heard urchins have a major bad time with ph changes. they will lose their spines to begin with.
i must have some hearty urchins cause i put 7 into my QT without even acclimating them and they have all grown 3x their size when i orignally put them in the tank.
what exactly does that mean? out of a box or real ocean water?
if its real ocean water, where are you getting it from? 10-15 miles off shore? if not you could be bringing in some very harmful toxins, poisons, pollutants that you cant test for. For example, gasoline!
i'd say out of a box from like ***** or somewhere.
i've heard urchins have a major bad time with ph changes. they will lose their spines to begin with.
i must have some hearty urchins cause i put 7 into my QT without even acclimating them and they have all grown 3x their size when i orignally put them in the tank.
sorcha
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Originally Posted by saltn00b
what exactly does that mean? out of a box or real ocean water?
if its real ocean water, where are you getting it from? 10-15 miles off shore? if not you could be bringing in some very harmful toxins, poisons, pollutants that you cant test for. For example, gasoline!
I would guess that he's using what we use, Nutri Water Sea Water, or an equivalent. It's boxed sea water that has nutrients and other good stuff added to it. Not the cheap way to go, but we've had no problems with our water quality at all, going on a year now.
*knocking wood now*
what exactly does that mean? out of a box or real ocean water?
if its real ocean water, where are you getting it from? 10-15 miles off shore? if not you could be bringing in some very harmful toxins, poisons, pollutants that you cant test for. For example, gasoline!
I would guess that he's using what we use, Nutri Water Sea Water, or an equivalent. It's boxed sea water that has nutrients and other good stuff added to it. Not the cheap way to go, but we've had no problems with our water quality at all, going on a year now.
*knocking wood now*
chellie4u2
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what exactly does that mean? out of a box or real ocean water?
if its real ocean water, where are you getting it from? 10-15 miles off shore? if not you could be bringing in some very harmful toxins, poisons, pollutants that you cant test for. For example, gasoline!
ok all im going to say is DUH! I get REAL CATLINA OCEAN WATER that's sold in a box at *****, that way I can't mess up mixing it myself
if its real ocean water, where are you getting it from? 10-15 miles off shore? if not you could be bringing in some very harmful toxins, poisons, pollutants that you cant test for. For example, gasoline!
ok all im going to say is DUH! I get REAL CATLINA OCEAN WATER that's sold in a box at *****, that way I can't mess up mixing it myself
chellie4u2
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and how do i increase my ph??? I went and tested my other tank which has the healthy urchin in it and its ph is 8.2 so I'm assuming thats why the other ones shedded and died