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So, my urchin fell off the wall today. He landed on his back and couldn’t flip back over. While he was on his back, almost all of his spines fell off. Will he make it? Is there anything I can do to increase his chances of survival? I’ve had him for almost a year now, and I would hate to lose him. I don’t have nutrient problems, and I don’t think there’s any ammonia. Never had problems with that. Calcium and alk are low. pH is at 8.1 and specific gravity is at 1.023 (I’m trying to raise it). I have plenty of algae on the walls, but I’m gonna feed him just in case. The only thing that I can think of causing this is that I recently added two wave makers, and the only flow I had prior to that was an HOB filter. He hasn’t seemed to like the new flow as much and has been spending more time at the top of the tank since I added them. Could this be the problem. Here he is