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10-02-2007, 02:22 PM
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 Colt Coral & Urchins Ok, today I bought a 12 inch colt coral from my LFS and was wondering if my urchins will hurt it. For now I have the urchins in the fuge, but I have a 2 pincushion, 1 long spine, & 2 pencils. Please let me know if I should just watch them close, trade them in, or not worry about them. Thanks
__________________ Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore. 125g Reef Mix: Misc Zoos, Misc Mushrooms, 2 Head Frogspawn, Green Star Polyps, Colt Coral, Sebae Anemone, Wart Rock Anemone, Rock Flower Anemone, 4 True Percula, Clarkii Clownfish, Tomato Clownfish, Naso Tang, Yellow Tang, Vlamingii Tang, Powder Brown Tang, One Spot Foxface, 6 Line Wrasse, Pink Spot Goby, Green Clown Goby, Coral Beauty, Royal Gramma, 6 Green Chromis, Sand Sifting Star, Orange Cleaner Star, 2 Pincushion Urchin, Pencil Urchin, 4 Emerald Crabs, Fire Cleaner Shrimp, 2 Pistol Shrimp, 2 Camel Shrimp, Coral Banded Shrimp, Sally Lightfoot Crab, 10 Red Hermits, 10 Blue Hermits, 10 White Hermits, 10 Orange Hermits, & many Nassarius Snails, along with 400lb LR, 6"/150lb DSB, & 30gal Refugium  |
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10-02-2007, 02:52 PM
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| Re: Colt Coral & Urchins It is possible, but when I had urchins I was more concerned with the urchin hitting my bubble coral or anenomes. If you keep the colt in the sand bed connected to a rock instead of on your rock scape, you should be okay. I don't see too many urchins on the sand bed, just the glass and rocks mainly.
__________________ "God works through different men in different ways, but it is the same God who achieves his purposes through them all." 1 Corinthians 12:6 |
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10-02-2007, 02:57 PM
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| Re: Colt Coral & Urchins Well, mine stay on the glass and sand bed most of the time. I have an overflow that is 1/4 off set and for now have the colt in front of it covering most of it, not to mention good heavy flow from the overflow. I will wait a day or two and see what everyone says, but I know urchins can hurt bubble corals and anemones.
__________________ Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore. 125g Reef Mix: Misc Zoos, Misc Mushrooms, 2 Head Frogspawn, Green Star Polyps, Colt Coral, Sebae Anemone, Wart Rock Anemone, Rock Flower Anemone, 4 True Percula, Clarkii Clownfish, Tomato Clownfish, Naso Tang, Yellow Tang, Vlamingii Tang, Powder Brown Tang, One Spot Foxface, 6 Line Wrasse, Pink Spot Goby, Green Clown Goby, Coral Beauty, Royal Gramma, 6 Green Chromis, Sand Sifting Star, Orange Cleaner Star, 2 Pincushion Urchin, Pencil Urchin, 4 Emerald Crabs, Fire Cleaner Shrimp, 2 Pistol Shrimp, 2 Camel Shrimp, Coral Banded Shrimp, Sally Lightfoot Crab, 10 Red Hermits, 10 Blue Hermits, 10 White Hermits, 10 Orange Hermits, & many Nassarius Snails, along with 400lb LR, 6"/150lb DSB, & 30gal Refugium |
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10-02-2007, 03:02 PM
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| Re: Colt Coral & Urchins What kind of urchins do you have? I had long spined black urchins when I kept them 2 years ago and they kept moving my rocks while trying to get in and out of tunnel ways.
__________________ "God works through different men in different ways, but it is the same God who achieves his purposes through them all." 1 Corinthians 12:6 |
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10-02-2007, 03:13 PM
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| Re: Colt Coral & Urchins I have 2 pincushion, 1 long spine, & 2 pencils. Me and the wife like them as much as we do fish, they are all over the tank day and night.
__________________ Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore. 125g Reef Mix: Misc Zoos, Misc Mushrooms, 2 Head Frogspawn, Green Star Polyps, Colt Coral, Sebae Anemone, Wart Rock Anemone, Rock Flower Anemone, 4 True Percula, Clarkii Clownfish, Tomato Clownfish, Naso Tang, Yellow Tang, Vlamingii Tang, Powder Brown Tang, One Spot Foxface, 6 Line Wrasse, Pink Spot Goby, Green Clown Goby, Coral Beauty, Royal Gramma, 6 Green Chromis, Sand Sifting Star, Orange Cleaner Star, 2 Pincushion Urchin, Pencil Urchin, 4 Emerald Crabs, Fire Cleaner Shrimp, 2 Pistol Shrimp, 2 Camel Shrimp, Coral Banded Shrimp, Sally Lightfoot Crab, 10 Red Hermits, 10 Blue Hermits, 10 White Hermits, 10 Orange Hermits, & many Nassarius Snails, along with 400lb LR, 6"/150lb DSB, & 30gal Refugium |
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10-02-2007, 03:47 PM
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| Re: Colt Coral & Urchins I agree, I remember them doing the same in my tank. I would say just keep an eye on them and decide if they will be a threat or not. A lot in this hobby is trial and error.
__________________ "God works through different men in different ways, but it is the same God who achieves his purposes through them all." 1 Corinthians 12:6 |
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