Long Spine Urchin Shedding Tenticals

[GrayJ]

I have a Long Spined urchin and i saw this morning that he had shed most of its tenticals around this tank. Is this normal, or is hes stressed? Also i tried to resituate the sand and the water became cloudy for the whole night, could this be the problem?

 

[GrayJ]

Spines, Sorry.

 

[snorvich]

Yes, spines. When they shed, it is normally in trouble, usually on the way out. Water parameters?

 

[GrayJ]

Ph droped a little Bit. Nitrate is around 20. Everything else is perfect

 

[racrumrine]

You stressed it out by messing with sand and making the water cloudy.

I also found that out the hard way.

If it lives, it will hide out and not move for quite awhile. With mine, after a couple of days, I wrapped some nori around a rock and placed it right next to it. Eventually, it started to eat.

If it lives, it will take several weeks for the spines to grow back to normal length.

Don't mess with it or the sand. For the next several days. Hopefully, it will recover by itself.

Best of luck,

Roy

 

[Paul B]

It is most likely dying and I doubt there is any way to save it, sorry