My new 110g set up just started

are you planning any urchins?

ttyl, time to play some COD:MW2 and then pass out.

 

Dunno yet... just took some water to be tested to my lfs and he found that there is a slight spike in the amonia... doesn't show on my test strips, so I will wait another 3-4 weeks before adding any other lifestock.
Do you have urchins? Are they compatible with a reef set-up?
Would love to hear your opinion on this.... don't know much about urchins, never had one before. So what are the benefits?

 

yeah.... if had had it for the day... but it's only 12:40pm here...

 

Sorry for the mispelling... I meant: I have had it for today....

 

im new to reef keeping so i have no idea how reef safe they are. i just think they're awesome looking. my LFS has a couple black spine urchins with that orange center. they look awesome. i have no idea how much of a pain they are or anything. i know they're good for algae but so is many other species of creature we can put in our mini-ocean.

liveaquaria.com says its reef compliant:


Temperament: Peaceful Reef Compatible: Yes Water Conditions: 72-78° F, dKH 8-12, pH 8.1-8.4, sg 1.023-1.025 Max. Size: 10" Color Form: Black, Blue, Green, White Venomous: Yes Diet: Herbivore
http://liveaquaria.com/images/categories/product/p-79349-urchin.jpg

my lfs has 4 of them for sale for $15/ea. i had considered getting one for the 'wow' factor.

 

pufferchick has one of these that i read about the other day on here. she recently got attacked by it:

http://liveaquaria.com/images/categories/product/p-79336-Blue-Tuxedo-Urchin.jpg

 

Oh jeeez.... I think I will wait for another month before adding any other lifestock. That's scary!!! Again my suggestion... alway wear gloves!!

 

i agree! always wear gloves.... i double up on my vinyl ambitex gloves when i wear them. 100 count in the box... so its only 50 uses, but whatever i dont have my anemone making my arm go numb anymore

 

That's very wise .... I once even posted a thread about it... it is just imperative when dealing with corals...

 

My sandsifter starfish just came out... doesn't happen that often, so I thought, I'd post a pic. All others are doing great but I will wait for another 3 weeks to add some more lifestock... for now only my two baby Chromis, a coral banded shrimp, 4 snails and the starfish... Always better to wait. I really want to make sure my parameters are stable. I think the next ones might be my clowns...