blue tuxedo

[Dinky]

I acquired a blue tuxedo Urchin from an acquaintance of an acquaintance
today. He was unable to care for it anymore...aw hell..he went to prison and
is going to be there longer than his roomies are willing to care for his
tanks, so they gave his stock to me. I owe my friend one for arranging this.

1 yellow tang
2 cleaner shrimp
2 emerald crabs (little bitty)
couple dozen blue leg hermits

and the blue tux. I've never owned an urchin before, and when they were
brought over, it looked pretty sad. A great many spines had fallen off, and
he has not moved in the 2 hours since being acclimated and added to the
tank. I have no idea how long he was in the baggie, or how well he was cared
for before this. All the other stock appears healthy to me. Any insight/tips
on the blue tux?

tia

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[Dr Gonzo]

Hiya Dinky

I used 13 of these little gems to help clear my tank of hair algae which
they managed to do very successfully. After a couple of weeks when the algae
had been munched away and there was no signs of it coming back i decided to
return all bar one of them to my LFS for a credit, and the one that i have
kept has increased in size by about 20%. I found it beneficial by adding a
couple of algae wafers once a week just before lights out, thats of course
if you don't have any other form of algae in the tank.

Cheers

Antony


"Dinky" > wrote in message
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> I acquired a blue tuxedo Urchin from an acquaintance of an acquaintance
> today. He was unable to care for it anymore...aw hell..he went to prison
and
> is going to be there longer than his roomies are willing to care for his
> tanks, so they gave his stock to me. I owe my friend one for arranging
this.
>
> 1 yellow tang
> 2 cleaner shrimp
> 2 emerald crabs (little bitty)
> couple dozen blue leg hermits
>
> and the blue tux. I've never owned an urchin before, and when they were
> brought over, it looked pretty sad. A great many spines had fallen off,
and
> he has not moved in the 2 hours since being acclimated and added to the
> tank. I have no idea how long he was in the baggie, or how well he was
cared
> for before this. All the other stock appears healthy to me. Any
insight/tips
> on the blue tux?
>
> tia
>
> --
>
> billy
> --
> Need tech help?
> news://news.winextra.com
>
>

[Dinky]

"Dr Gonzo" > wrote in message
...
> Hiya Dinky
>
> I used 13 of these little gems to help clear my tank of hair algae which
> they managed to do very successfully. After a couple of weeks when the
algae
> had been munched away and there was no signs of it coming back i decided
to
> return all bar one of them to my LFS for a credit, and the one that i have
> kept has increased in size by about 20%. I found it beneficial by adding a
> couple of algae wafers once a week just before lights out, thats of course
> if you don't have any other form of algae in the tank.
>


Thank you...another question. I came home today to find my choc chip star
attached to the urchin. I gently seperated them, and found that the star had
pulled off most of the spines from one side of the urchin. I suppose my
question is, was this likely a chance meeting, or does my new urchin have
anything to fear from the star? I know from my research before I got the
star that they are known for attacking some corals, but a sea urchin?

tia


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[CapFusion]

"Dinky" > wrote in message
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>
>
> Thank you...another question. I came home today to find my choc chip star
> attached to the urchin. I gently seperated them, and found that the star
had
> pulled off most of the spines from one side of the urchin. I suppose my
> question is, was this likely a chance meeting, or does my new urchin have
> anything to fear from the star? I know from my research before I got the
> star that they are known for attacking some corals, but a sea urchin?
>
> tia
>
>
Do not forget, Star fish diet is "Omnivore". It will get what it can take or
able of taking.

CapFusion,...

[PaulB]

I think that your urchin is SOL.

http://www.marinedepotlive.com/1303634.html

"Dinky" > wrote in message
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> "Dr Gonzo" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Hiya Dinky
> >
> > I used 13 of these little gems to help clear my tank of hair algae which
> > they managed to do very successfully. After a couple of weeks when the
> algae
> > had been munched away and there was no signs of it coming back i decided
> to
> > return all bar one of them to my LFS for a credit, and the one that i
have
> > kept has increased in size by about 20%. I found it beneficial by adding
a
> > couple of algae wafers once a week just before lights out, thats of
course
> > if you don't have any other form of algae in the tank.
> >
>
>
> Thank you...another question. I came home today to find my choc chip star
> attached to the urchin. I gently seperated them, and found that the star
had
> pulled off most of the spines from one side of the urchin. I suppose my
> question is, was this likely a chance meeting, or does my new urchin have
> anything to fear from the star? I know from my research before I got the
> star that they are known for attacking some corals, but a sea urchin?
>
> tia
>
>
> --
>
> billy
> --
> Need tech help?
> news://news.winextra.com
>
>
>