[lindsay]

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[ben]

nice pic linds. is that a new addition to your clean up crew?

[Dave.I]

Great little beasts Linds,ive got three in my system.If you want free coral food you can briefly lower the salinity a tiny bit and they will spawn like crazy for you!

Dave

[SLAPPY]

Dave.I, on May 26 2009, 12:43 PM, said:

Great little beasts Linds,ive got three in my system.If you want free coral food you can briefly lower the salinity a tiny bit and they will spawn like crazy for you!

Dave

Dave does that apply to all urchins?

Nice photo BTW Linds.

[Dave.I]

I have no idea Tony but it works for mine.Not that i ever aim to do it,but it happens every time.If my salinity is say 1.027 and i lowered it to 1.025-1.026 they always spawn.

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Dave.I, on May 26 2009, 06:14 PM, said:

I have no idea Tony but it works for mine.Not that i ever aim to do it,but it happens every time.If my salinity is say 1.027 and i lowered it to 1.025-1.026 they always spawn.

I might put hi in the QT tank and give it a try.

[lindsay]

We have two in the sps system Ben ,i think it was Si who mentioned they were a better choice than the urchins we had in the tank at the time to eat the turf algae ,which they seem to be doing .Good news on the spawning Dave ,corals would love that .
Perhaps its worth asking if anybody has any other kind of fish or invert that spawn in their tanks? if so please add below .

[chriss]

Pin cusion urchin as above and cleaner shrimp.

Chris

[SLAPPY]

Cleaner shrimps.

Scottish farmed Oysters.

[chriss]

+1 on the oysters, forgot about them. Tesco's finest.

Chris

[Dave.I]

Re the turf algae Linds,ive added a sea hare a few weeks back and he's taken out all algae in the system to the point of me needing to think about feeding him nori! It would be an idea to have one in store to lone out on rotation to people so everybody can benifit and the hare wont starve in a cleaned out system.Mine even eats the wirey green stuff.

[SLAPPY]

Dave.I, on May 27 2009, 10:14 PM, said:

It would be an idea to have one in store to lone out on rotation to people so everybody can benifit and the hare wont starve in a cleaned out system.Mine even eats the wirey green stuff.

I think that was done before in the past.