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If the spew is yellow, may be a breeding male releasing sperm6 year old Pincushion urchin sitting on heater for 2 days. Spines down and no movement. When nudged jumped and spewed out top hole. I think dying. What's wrong?
What happened to my urchin? Was it the Polly lab or the change in temp?Can you post a picture?
Also, if the spines start to actually drop off it is for sure dead or dying. I sometimes will give them the “nose test”, and if it smells, dispose of it.
Jay
Polyp Lab Medic is a peroxide salt. Shrimp are more sensitive to peroxide than urchins are, so I would say that isn't the issue. A slight temperature changes is also not the issue.
With invertebrates, it is often difficult to determine cause of death. Look at the starfish die offs in the Pacific, and the urchins dying in Florida in the 1980's, scientists still are not sure what caused those issues.
Jay
I’ve never seen clowns kill an urchin. I’ve never used Sealab 28, but I don’t think it would have caused any sort of toxicity.Thanks, Jay!
What about SeaLab 28. Would that have caused it? Also it was by the tomato egg clutch. Could the aggresive clowns have hurt him?
Now my coral banded shrimp seems to be sick. Staying out in open, barely moving. Trying to turn upside down. Hasn't molted in several months. After my urchin dying, this seems ominus. He usually hangs out under an arched rock and eats readily. I have to nudge him now to see if he is still alive. Can't figure what is causing these to decline and die. He is 2 years old and in the same tank as urchin. 2 year cycled tank as stated above. Tomato clowns have spawned 3 times now in this same environment. Any help is appreciatedI’ve never seen clowns kill an urchin. I’ve never used Sealab 28, but I don’t think it would have caused any sort of toxicity.
Jay
Could be coincidental, shrimp reach a final molt and then die of old age some months later.Now my coral banded shrimp seems to be sick. Staying out in open, barely moving. Trying to turn upside down. Hasn't molted in several months. After my urchin dying, this seems ominus. He usually hangs out under an arched rock and eats readily. I have to nudge him now to see if he is still alive. Can't figure what is causing these to decline and die. He is 2 years old and in the same tank as urchin. 2 year cycled tank as stated above. Tomato clowns have spawned 3 times now in this same environment. Any help is appreciated