Hellaenergy
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I'm going to be bringing home a Black Long-spined Sea Urchin in the near future. What is the best way to treat this guy before introducing it into my QT? Will ReVive work? Perhaps a freshwater dip?
Definitely don't do a freshwater dip. Personally, I don't dip non-sessile invertebrates before quarantine. I quarantine them in a fishless system for 8 weeks.
They don't carry anything that would be harmful to our fish/inverts.
Generally they do not need QT. They don't carry anything that would be harmful to our fish/inverts.
they can bring tomonts, the reproductive stage of ich, into a tank. Anything wet has the potential to bring parasites and disease that can infect corals and/or fish and as such should be quarantined
They are sensitive to copper so that is out. You could try formalin and/or hyposalinity BUT you will have to lower and raise it very gradually.
And when you say Jay do you mean me? If so I am not Jay...
Definately do NOT try hyposalinity on any echinoderm! There are no freshwater echinoderms, and very few that would even be considered brackish.
Jay
I think your definition and mine of what constitutes hypo-salinity may be different... To me its 1.015+ with brackish being at the 1.005-1.014 range and freshwater being <1.005 and ideally 1.000... So I believe[1] if the SG was lowered gradually down to 1.015 the urchin would not die... Regardless its off topic and splitting hairs. My apologies.