Help, Possible toxin in my water from a Pencil Urchin

[klbertin]

I think my Pencile Urchin may have got sick and close to dieing and released a toxin in my water that is killing off all of my fish. Does any one know if what i heard about this Urchin is true that when they die they do release a toxin in the water? and what do i do now!!!
Please help

 

[flower]

Originally Posted by klbertin
http:///forum/post/3269069
I think my Pencile Urchin may have got sick and close to dieing and released a toxin in my water that is killing off all of my fish. Does any one know if what i heard about this Urchin is true that when they die they do release a toxin in the water? and what do i do now!!!
Please help

1. Remove dead or dying critter
2. Do a water change
3. run carbon to combat any toxins.
4. Do some water tests ASAP. Check Ammonia first.
Most likely whatever killed the urchin is what is killing the fish too. I don't think they release toxins like a cucumber or sea apple would.

 

[bang guy]

Originally Posted by klbertin
http:///forum/post/3269069
I think my Pencile Urchin may have got sick and close to dieing and released a toxin in my water that is killing off all of my fish. Does any one know if what i heard about this Urchin is true that when they die they do release a toxin in the water? and what do i do now!!!
Please help
The only toxin I know of would be ammonia but it's a bad one.

 

[klbertin]

Thanks for your response
The Urchin in question has been removed but it was not dead yet i just put it in a hospital tank for now.
This was all of my own doing as i did a very dumb thing when introducing a PH buffer to my tank by not disolving the powder like product in water first but spred it out over the surfface of the tank water and when this powder hit the Urchin he fell off of a rock and started to produce a stringy mucas like web from him, this did go away but then i noticed that one of his legs looks like it was bare from its velvity texture.
My biggest concern is, does this kind of toxin satturate the live rock and will it go away with water changes or am i in for a big lose of rock and all else?

 

[cranberry]

Originally Posted by klbertin
http:///forum/post/3269094
This was all of my own doing as i did a very dumb thing when introducing a PH buffer to my tank by not disolving the powder like product in water first but spred it out over the surfface of the tank water
This is what is killing everything. Urchins to not have tank killing toxins.