Need some sea urchins....

[Achilles Tang]

Hi folks,

Need to search for some sea urchins, preferably the tuxedo kind. Need at least 5... know any LFS having them?

Or if you are kind enough to loan for a month or two to help me trim my hair algae....

[Achilles Tang]

Or a sea hare?

[Morgan]

AT

You are really desperate.

[wedgee]

AT, u sure Tuxedo Urchins graze on hair algae? 2 of mine only chomps on Corraline, and so does my black Urchin... RC pple also say they tend to eat Corraline instead of hair?

[Tanzy]

Urchins will gladly eat any green or coralline algae. You must chop the algae down to manageable proportions first. Don't worry, coralline algae grows faster than one urchin can eat them.

[Phang]

Need to search for some sea urchins, preferably the tuxedo kind. Need at least 5... know any LFS having them?

Heh heh.... looks like he wants 5.......

[piero]

I think I saw a few small ones at T95.

[wedgee]

Urchins will gladly eat any green or coralline algae. You must chop the algae down to manageable proportions first. Don't worry, coralline algae grows faster than one urchin can eat them.

Erm, how do u chop the algae, tanzy? They just disintegrate when u pick them and squish them...My Urchins dont seem to like green hair leh, how to get them to munch on it?

[BarraCudaTM]

I actually can pull the hair algae out from the rocks

[Tanzy]

Usually cutting is quite hard unless they are quite long. Just pull and yank with fingers and nails.

[CKS]

I saw lots of long spined urchin in T95

selling at $3 each

[TanGo]

Pac Marine has some...

Was there yesterday...

Looks like you need turbo snails with turbo timers, blow off valves, intercooler and NOS...

[Earthborne]

Sorry AT, may I know what's a sea hare?

[Achilles Tang]

I actually can pull the hair algae out from the rocks

Mine is as fine as baby's hair... easily removed but they float around and stick everywhere! AND GROW again!!!

[BarraCudaTM]

mine grows in a few confined spots and its rather thick and tough, just twist and pull!

btw why dont you get a blenny?

[Achilles Tang]

Mine's fluffy and soft... hence the problem with collecting them....after pulling, they float away and because they are so fine... they tend to get away... yeah I tried lawnmower blennies... they don't seem to like the taste.

[BarraCudaTM]

how come yr tangs wont eat them?

[DragonGoby]

AT, have you tried hermits? If you want I've got more than a dozen of tiny hermits to pass to you (FOC! Just remember me when you frag, lol.). Mine seem to pick stuff off the rocks ... I'll observe if they take to any algae and let you know. What about snails?

[Achilles Tang]

Barracuda.. my tangs are spoilt rotten... only demanding the best of Selco & garlic juice enriched nori, mysis shrimp and pellets. Only when they are bored, they graze on rock... but totally avoiding the icky-tasting hair algae!

Earthborne... a sea hare is a species of nudibranch that eats algae only.

DragonGoby.. your offer is accepted!!!!

Phang just passed me about a dozen snails and last night I dropped them on a flat piece of rock full of hair algae... this morning, there were a few bare patches on the rock! WOW!! Phang... you must have been starving them... lol! Thanks bro!

[BarraCudaTM]

I got some sort of nudibranch that is quite small and its whitish peach color, I see quite a few of them on the glass also

[hongqixian]

Barracuda.. my tangs are spoilt rotten... only demanding the best of Selco & garlic juice enriched nori, mysis shrimp and pellets. Only when they are bored, they graze on rock... but totally avoiding the icky-tasting hair algae!

Earthborne... a sea hare is a species of nudibranch that eats algae only.

DragonGoby.. your offer is accepted!!!!

Phang just passed me about a dozen snails and last night I dropped them on a flat piece of rock full of hair algae... this morning, there were a few bare patches on the rock! WOW!! Phang... you must have been starving them... lol! Thanks bro!

Technically, a sea hare is not a nudibranch. But nudibranchs and sea hares are all ophistobranchs, Check out www.seaslugforum.net .