Originally Posted by
Rykna
I usuall just dilute the amount needed in a small container with water from my tank. Course, I don't follow the rules. Most people add the stuff to their refuges or sumps to avoid undiluted amounts overwhelming the tank occupants. Which I have done......resulted in very unhappy buttons. I quickly swept the undiluted crumbs of with my hand, but certainly would follow the directions
if I was adding it to your tank.
THIS IS A VERY BAD IDEA! as I found out today I've had Timmy, my sea urchin, since I started my tank almost 2 years ago.......I hadn't seen him in a couple of days....as I was cleaning today i spotted him on a rock....with a HUGE BARE spot on his BACK!!!!!! Was he attacked.....is he sick?????????????? should I isolate him? I have 2 purple pin cushion urchins in my 90 gallon reef tank named Timmy and Prissy. Timmy is the larger of the 2. For some reason he LOVES the algae feeding clip. I've taken it off of him numerous times, even tossed it on the opposite side of the tank. Never fazed Timmy. With in a half an hour his had picked it up again. I finally gave up and let him have it. Timmy is so docile compared to Prissy. Timmy doesn't mind beng picked up at all. He's one of the few animals that I can take out for my friedns to hold. Prissy(hence the name) is completely different personality. If you try to pick her up she will hunker down and suction herself to a rock/tank wall like there is no tomorrow. I don't try to pick her up any more. The last time I did one of here spines broke off, I felt so bad.
so what cause Timmy's bald spot? WHAT HAPPENED?????
Timmy will be okay Sadly enough it only took me minutes to recall what probably happened. Urchins are very touchy to ph changes. A day ago I added a concentrated cup full of the kalwassere ph balancer stuff. I poured it in the back left corner....lots of high flow there. Problem is I neglected the fact that area is Timmy's Favorite feeding ground. The poor little guy got doused with the concetrated chalk Ph balance stuff. No wonder his buddy prissy showed no similar signs. Timmy and prissy are usually on the opposite sides of the tank, by the time the stuff reached the other side of the tank it had be dispersed into the tank. My poor poor little urchin. He should be okay, but it will take a while for his spines to grow back.....
I'm just glad he'll be okay