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Hi,
So yesterday I added a tuxedo urchin to my tank because I’ve been having an algae problem. It immediately climbed up my glass and began eating, Ive noticed that overnight it cleared patches of algae from the AIO plastic housing in the back, but I also see some spines in the algae that the urchin has dropped, and I also saw spines in the acclimation bucket this morning when I was cleaning it out.
I just read that high nitrates are bad for urchins, I just tested using an API kit and my nitrates are somewhere between 5-10 I think (it’s very hard to read this kit).
Is it just stress from the move? And any tips on how to quickly lower nitrates? I was thinking of using some nitrate remover product if there are any? I just did a water change 2 days ago, so not sure if I should do another one.
Thanks!
So yesterday I added a tuxedo urchin to my tank because I’ve been having an algae problem. It immediately climbed up my glass and began eating, Ive noticed that overnight it cleared patches of algae from the AIO plastic housing in the back, but I also see some spines in the algae that the urchin has dropped, and I also saw spines in the acclimation bucket this morning when I was cleaning it out.
I just read that high nitrates are bad for urchins, I just tested using an API kit and my nitrates are somewhere between 5-10 I think (it’s very hard to read this kit).
Is it just stress from the move? And any tips on how to quickly lower nitrates? I was thinking of using some nitrate remover product if there are any? I just did a water change 2 days ago, so not sure if I should do another one.
Thanks!