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BrianPlankis
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Wow...hey all, I thought i would post out a warning here. There is a fellow reefer in houston that has TBS urchins (the black/purple spined ones) and he told me they attacked his maze brain. I was like, YEAH RIGHT! I have a favites doing just fine in my tank.
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I woke up this morning to find half of my favites frag eaten away!!!! All the skeleton was gone from one side. There was a trail of bare rock leading away from the frag (all the coralline had been eaten) and the trail led right to one of my urchins!!!
Now that isn't exactly proof and watching it eat the frag, but I don't have any known hitchhikers or livestock that could munch away on a coral skeleton like that. The urchins have the most powerful mouths in the tank and the trail was pretty clear.
Looks like they will be banished to the sump
They might get mini vacations to the main tank if hair algae grows out of control. I doubt I have enough rock in my sump to support 2 urchins long term though
Bummer.
Brian
INSERT IGNORE IGNORE FOOT INTO MOUTH
I woke up this morning to find half of my favites frag eaten away!!!! All the skeleton was gone from one side. There was a trail of bare rock leading away from the frag (all the coralline had been eaten) and the trail led right to one of my urchins!!!
Now that isn't exactly proof and watching it eat the frag, but I don't have any known hitchhikers or livestock that could munch away on a coral skeleton like that. The urchins have the most powerful mouths in the tank and the trail was pretty clear.
Looks like they will be banished to the sump
They might get mini vacations to the main tank if hair algae grows out of control. I doubt I have enough rock in my sump to support 2 urchins long term though Bummer.
Brian
drk70
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6850593#post6850593 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by CirolanidHunter
Looks like they will be banished to the sump
I kept an urchin in my QT for months and months with nothing at all and it is still fine. It is in my sump now and I'm sure it can find more to eat in there than the QT.
patsan
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Brian, sorry to hear that. I found that the limpets had the most powerful suckers when I had them. I was always able to remove the urchins with the claw much easier than I was able to get the limpets out.
And I was the queen of urchin owners. I had more of them than even hermits!
And I was the queen of urchin owners. I had more of them than even hermits!
patsan
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Dennis....the pictures are awesome. I gather you borrowed your moms camera again. You need to do that more often.
I love the elephant coral. It is so interesting! I also like the color of your lobo. I think this is the first time it actually looks red in the pictures. Past pics always had it looking brownish/orange.
The zoas look great and so does almost eveything. The only thing that looked weird is your torch coral.
I love the elephant coral. It is so interesting! I also like the color of your lobo. I think this is the first time it actually looks red in the pictures. Past pics always had it looking brownish/orange.
The zoas look great and so does almost eveything. The only thing that looked weird is your torch coral.
BrianPlankis
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6850669#post6850669 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by patsan
Brian, sorry to hear that. I found that the limpets had the most powerful suckers when I had them. I was always able to remove the urchins with the claw much easier than I was able to get the limpets out.
And I was the queen of urchin owners. I had more of them than even hermits!
Pat,
Yes the suction power of limpets is much better than urchins. But the urchins have a considerably stronger mouth than the limpets. The suction isn't really important, it is those nasty sharp pointy teeth! Obscure movie reference if anyone who cares to guess
I also don't have any large limpets remaining in my tank, I think the mantis eats them (found a pile of limpet shells underneath the most likely mantis rock).
Brian
drk70
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6850687#post6850687 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by patsan
Dennis....the pictures are awesome. I gather you borrowed your moms camera again. You need to do that more often.
I love the elephant coral. It is so interesting! I also like the color of your lobo. I think this is the first time it actually looks red in the pictures. Past pics always had it looking brownish/orange.
The zoas look great and so does almost eveything. The only thing that looked weird is your torch coral.
Yes, I should borrow it more or just keep it.
I think as you can see from the pics is the clowns are trying to host in it and I think they are killing it or for the most part killed it.
ratherbediving
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6850732#post6850732 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by CirolanidHunter
Pat,
...The suction isn't really important, it is those nasty sharp pointy teeth! Obscure movie reference if anyone who cares to guess
Brian
Monty Python's The Holy Grail
Except it was a little rabbit, not an urchin, that was eating things it wasn't supposed to
BrianPlankis
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6850922#post6850922 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ratherbediving
Monty Python's The Holy Grail
Except it was a little rabbit, not an urchin, that was eating things it wasn't supposed to
Yep, my favorite movie probably
Great pictures Dennis, looks like your animals aren't even in water!
Brian
patsan
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I don't doubt one minute it was the urchin. I watched them eat and destroy my tunicates, sponge and coralline when I first got my TBS.
I can't compete with your corals and pictures Dennis......here are some I took today:
This is the monti cap frag I have. It isn't growing, which is sad. I love monti caps. Who here has some that they can frag me when the weather gets warm?
I can't compete with your corals and pictures Dennis......here are some I took today:
This is the monti cap frag I have. It isn't growing, which is sad. I love monti caps. Who here has some that they can frag me when the weather gets warm?
drk70
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It pays to turn off the skimmer about an hour before and turn off the Tunze just before I take pictures.<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6850970#post6850970 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by CirolanidHunter
Yep, my favorite movie probably
Great pictures Dennis, looks like your animals aren't even in water!
Brian
drk70
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Pat, I want one of those monti caps also and I was going to get a great frag at the LFS yesterday but when I got there it was gone.
I may consider a montipora digitata. I was reading that they are not too bad to care for. I would like to try something that is a little more difficult than what I have and see how it goes.
I may consider a montipora digitata. I was reading that they are not too bad to care for. I would like to try something that is a little more difficult than what I have and see how it goes.
bkelley02
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I'll send you one Pat. I have a light green with baby blue polyps that's really starting to grow. As long as it makes it till spring, I'll send you my very first Frag!
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6850989#post6850989 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by patsan
This is the monti cap frag I have. It isn't growing, which is sad. I love monti caps. Who here has some that they can frag me when the weather gets warm?
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