is my urchin okay?

[kamuii]

i have no idea what kind of urchin it is btw, it's too small to tell. also i don't know what that white stuff over him is? i haven't been home this weekend and just got back and checked on my DT.
can anyone tell me?

 

[tdileo]

Usually its not a good sign. How long have you had him?

 

[kamuii]

Usually its not a good sign. How long have you had him?

maybe about three weeks?

 

[tdileo]

Ok so probably not osmotic shock unless you just did a weeks worth of top off at once. If not then its probably releasing sperm, but that only usually lasts a few minutes

 

[kamuii]

Ok so probably not osmotic shock unless you just did a weeks worth of top off at once. If not then its probably releasing sperm, but that only usually lasts a few minutes

LOL!! it's almost gone now but that's good to know!! thanks lol

 

[tdileo]

LOL!! it's almost gone now but that's good to know!! thanks lol

I'm yet to see my urchins do it but I see one of my stomatella snails doing it probably once a week. Corals will be very happy for a few hours since it is food for them

 

[kamuii]

I'm yet to see my urchins do it but I see one of my stomatella snails doing it probably once a week. Corals will be very happy for a few hours since it is food for them

my nassarius are horrible.. they always lay eggs all over the glass and it's like three times a week!

 

[tdileo]

my nassarius are horrible.. they always lay eggs all over the glass and it's like three times a week!

I don't have any nassarius snails yet but I gotta pick up like 2 next time I'm at the LFS lol

 

[dmh41532]

Sort of looks like a pincushion urchin to me. Mine does that often, I have no idea what or why, but it's healthy and doIng well. As long as it dosent lose its spines and is eating, I wouldn't worry about it.

 

[tdileo]

Sort of looks like a pincushion urchin to me. Mine does that often, I have no idea what or why, but it's healthy and doIng well. As long as it dosent lose its spines and is eating, I wouldn't worry about it.

I agree on pincushion urchin. A better picture is needed to be defintive though. And yeah, if your urchin drops spines its a bad sign, if not hes okay. Thanks for mentioning it

 

[kamuii]

he still gots white dots... idk what it is? i thought it was going away but it isn't. he seems to be fine though no spines dropping or hanging?

 

[dmh41532]

It dosent seem to be dropping spines, does it eat well? Mine devour seaweed a few times a day. Only my pincushion urchin does what yours does, the tuxedo urchin dosent. Almost looks like they retract their tube feet.

 

[Jenna Bearden]

I have a male and female tuxedo pair. When I do water changes, they release eggs and sperm at the same time! That's what it looks like to me!

 

[kamuii]

I have a male and female tuxedo pair. When I do water changes, they release eggs and sperm at the same time! That's what it looks like to me!

how can you tell the difference? or they just came as a pair?