Mountain Man
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I have a Long Tentacle Urchin that is losing its spines, What could be causing this to happen? My nitrates are around 25 ppm and my phosphate is under 0.4 ppm. How should I be feeding it?
Long Tentacle Urchin - losing spines? Help?
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greenbean36191
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Usually low salinity or poor acclimation causes it, but there are other causes as well. We need to know more background about the tank urchin and all of your parameters.
Mountain Man
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Re: Tank Parameters
Re: Tank Parameters
Salinity is 1.025 and it has been in the tank for five months. It is only recently that it started to lose its spines. Ammonia & nitrite are 0 ppm, nitrate is around 25 ppm, phosphate fluctuates between 0 - 0.4 ppm, and calcium is between 250-350.
Re: Tank Parameters
Salinity is 1.025 and it has been in the tank for five months. It is only recently that it started to lose its spines. Ammonia & nitrite are 0 ppm, nitrate is around 25 ppm, phosphate fluctuates between 0 - 0.4 ppm, and calcium is between 250-350.
WorldNation
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*points to the nitrates*
