do urchins eat dinos

GSnake

Well-Known Member
View Badges
Joined
Aug 6, 2018
Messages
549
Reaction score
241
Location
Toronto, ON
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
I got a tiny bit of dinos growing, and a lot of thick red coralline.

if i get small tuxedo / pincushion im sure it will go to down on the coralline, but what about the dinos?

I dont have many dinos but they are creeping on my coral space
i think its just spiny astrea / turbos that will eat them. what about urchins?
 

EricR

Valuable Member
View Badges
Joined
Jun 9, 2021
Messages
2,333
Reaction score
2,473
Location
California USA
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
Without getting into different toxicity levels of different species of dinoflagellates (since I'm no expert), I'll just say that I don't think many have successfully combated "problem" dinos with CUC/predators.

My pincushion urchin never touched the mostly ostreopsis dino outbreak I had in the past.

My personal recommendation would be to start with ID (type of dinos) by getting pictures/video under microscope and posting in one of the Dinoflagellates Treatment threads on here.
*after that, you can better plan an approach,,, but that's just me
 

Making themselves at home: Have you intentionally done anything in your aquarium to enhance the natural behavior of your fish?

  • I planned my tank to encourage natural fish behavior.

    Votes: 30 27.5%
  • I did some things to encourage natural fish behavior.

    Votes: 37 33.9%
  • Anything that encourages natural fish behavior was a byproduct of the aquascaping.

    Votes: 18 16.5%
  • I did not do anything to encourage natural fish behavior.

    Votes: 21 19.3%
  • Other.

    Votes: 3 2.8%
Back
Top