Hi All,
I recently added a tuxedo urchin to the tank and it was doing well for a couple of days but this morning seemed to have died. I don't see spines (pic) and one of my shirmp was picking at it which I would expect would cause some reaction.
My params have been stable with the exception of a salinity spike I dealt with the other week... well before I introduced the urchin.
NB: I know the phosphate is not accurate, I'm using an API kit which is garbage but the phosphate never goes above what the kit would identify as 1.00ppm.
I just want to confirm that it is infact dead and if so, should I remove it or let the CUC clean it out and keep the exoskeleton in there?
Thanks!
I recently added a tuxedo urchin to the tank and it was doing well for a couple of days but this morning seemed to have died. I don't see spines (pic) and one of my shirmp was picking at it which I would expect would cause some reaction.
My params have been stable with the exception of a salinity spike I dealt with the other week... well before I introduced the urchin.
Date | PH/HRPH | Salinity | Calcium (Ca2+) | kH | Phosphate | Ammonia | Nitrate |
10/19/23 | 8.2 | 1.028 | 400 | 7 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
NB: I know the phosphate is not accurate, I'm using an API kit which is garbage but the phosphate never goes above what the kit would identify as 1.00ppm.
I just want to confirm that it is infact dead and if so, should I remove it or let the CUC clean it out and keep the exoskeleton in there?
Thanks!