At the risk of starting ANOTHER TBS thread...

[hstanley70]

I resolved not to be one of those reef geeks that posts his tank pix and GLOWS about how alive TBS rock is, but I just can't help it. If you like tank pix, feel free to check out my website HERE

I've also managed to trap a few undesirables (for ME anyway), like mantis shrimp and large ugly hairy crabs. I'll be offering those on Reef Central soon...

Enjoy the pix!

Regards,
hal

 

[FrankB1]

Very nice pics...thanks for sharing!

 

[PrivateJoker64]

Keep an eye on those urchins. I had several of them on my TBS and they ate my coraline. Notice past tense. RIP.

 

[hstanley70]

Funny you should mention that. I've just started pulling them out. I wonder if there's anyone who would want them. I hate to just drop them in the garbage. For now, I'm stuffing them in a 5-gal QT, but they'll overload the filtration on that pretty soon.

btw, and I'm not positive about this, but I think I saw one of the bigger ones nibbling on my Pavona coral. Is this even possible?

- h

 

[ShadowViper]

To my knowledge corraline urchins can be helpful due to they help spread coralline spores throughout the tank. Too many though i can see be a problem

 

[Iphis]

My tank is filled with those little urchins, you can't look anywhere without seeing one. They're getting big.

However, my coralline algae is growing out of control. I'm constantly having to scrape it off the front glass, and the back glass, powerheads, wires, hoses ect are all littered with the stuff.

If these guys eat coralline, its not enough to keep it from growing.

They also eat around my sun polyps, hidden cup corals, even my brain coral. I've never witnessed one doing any shananigans, otherwise they would need their own tank

So far, I've been cool with them. Whatever they are eating, I can't tell what it is. Doesn't mean thats a good thing, but they haven't bothered me yet.

I think I'm going to need to find a home for several of them, though, because I think they're getting too big to house as many as there are in there.

Either that, or I need a bigger tank