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I have had a black urchin in my tank for years but he is losing his spikes like crazy. Any idea why and how to help him?
 

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Check your tank parameters. Low or high salt content, wrong temp, high nutrients and alkalinity etc can cause that. I would check everything and try and feed it.
 
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