OK guys, never owned an urchin before, but at January's meeting, Gary (Hayabusa) offered me an urchin for free, and on impulse (yeah, even us Ole Salts </em>do that occasionally) I took it. Of course when purchasing on impulse, theres no way to fully learn about the care, but I studied up a bit after purchasing, just don't know what these symptoms are.
It's been great in my tank so far, removing what lil nuisance algae I had in the first month. My room mate started his tank and green algae started taking over and I put the urchin in there and he cleared that up, then back in my tank he went to graze on the coraline after another month......
Got tired of him knocking my prized corals over, so went to acclimate him to go back in the roomie's tank tonight and now I'm concerned.
Was acclimating him in a specimen cup, and after a hour or so using turkey baster to shoot alil water in every once in a while, I noticed these sand like particles falling off of him, just a few, but larger particles then what normally fall off him while he's climbing the glass. Then, he started expelling what looked to be smoke...... Now the specimen cup looks all cloudy, like I can see the urchin in the cup, but can't see "through" the cup into the tank?
Is he dying?
He's still stuck to the side wall of the cup with feelers flailing about as usual, but if he's on his way out, I'd like to do it humanely (Coming from someone who used to flush fish at the first sign of infection).
Roomie doesn't want him in his tank, not thinkin I want him back in mine....
What to do?
Advice?
I liked him, but if he's dying, don't think I'll be getting another one.
It's been great in my tank so far, removing what lil nuisance algae I had in the first month. My room mate started his tank and green algae started taking over and I put the urchin in there and he cleared that up, then back in my tank he went to graze on the coraline after another month......
Got tired of him knocking my prized corals over, so went to acclimate him to go back in the roomie's tank tonight and now I'm concerned.
Was acclimating him in a specimen cup, and after a hour or so using turkey baster to shoot alil water in every once in a while, I noticed these sand like particles falling off of him, just a few, but larger particles then what normally fall off him while he's climbing the glass. Then, he started expelling what looked to be smoke...... Now the specimen cup looks all cloudy, like I can see the urchin in the cup, but can't see "through" the cup into the tank?
Is he dying?
He's still stuck to the side wall of the cup with feelers flailing about as usual, but if he's on his way out, I'd like to do it humanely (Coming from someone who used to flush fish at the first sign of infection).
Roomie doesn't want him in his tank, not thinkin I want him back in mine....
What to do?
Advice?
I liked him, but if he's dying, don't think I'll be getting another one.
Gotta keep it a G-rated thread! :lol:
