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WTB Tuxedo Urchin
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radiata
NJRC Member
Tuxedo Urchins prefer munching on corallines as opposed to algae. I have 3 urchins in my tank - a Tuxedo, a Purple Pincushion and a Halloween. None of them touch my hair algae. The Pincushion and the Halloween make a bee line for the nori I use to feed a tang. I'm going to pick up a sea hare tomorrow...
Hallowhead
NJRC Member
I can confirm urchins solved my gha issues
Tank is 120 gallons.
Where are you located ?
radiata
NJRC Member
Oddly enough, I actually picked up a small Diadema urchin today. A fellow club member and I took a road trip to Sound Aquatics and NY Aquatic. I have nothing nice to say about Sound Aquatics. Their web site said they opened at noon on Tuesdays, but there was a sign on the door telling customers to "Come Back Tomorrow". Fortunately, NY Aquatics is just 20 minutes south of them on the Saw Mill River Parkway. I needed to pick up an angelfish there that I bought during an on-line sale this past weekend, and I also wanted to get a Sea Hare (see #3 post above). Then I noticed they had a few small Diademas in an invert tank rack, and the $20 price was worth another shot at trying to get an urchin to clean up the hair algae in my DT. If this new Diadema fails to perform as I hope it does, you can have it!
FWIW, this was the second time I'd been to NY Aquatics in as many months. Before that I hadn't been there in a while, and when I was there two months ago, I was there I was completely blown away by their stock! For example, they had a tank (50-60g?) with literally more Achilles Tangs in it than I could count. Today I went there to pick up a Red Sea Regal that I thought was the only one they had (based on the available on-line sale information), but I now had my choice of 5 or 6 in one of their tanks. Years back, the fellow reefer I make these road trips with and I, would joke about how they wouldn't be in business too much longer. Now, that joke is on us...
On another note - the on-line sale I referenced above had a Conspiculatus Angel available for $3,000. It had the notation "captive bred", and I said to myself "Whoa!" This fish is way too large to be captive bred - any captive bred angels you see today are maybe 2" long at best. So, being the naysayer I am, I asked Michael (the owner) about the fish. He said that it was indeed captive bred, and it had been growing out for the past 2.5 years! He also said that it had been sold. Duh...
FWIW, this was the second time I'd been to NY Aquatics in as many months. Before that I hadn't been there in a while, and when I was there two months ago, I was there I was completely blown away by their stock! For example, they had a tank (50-60g?) with literally more Achilles Tangs in it than I could count. Today I went there to pick up a Red Sea Regal that I thought was the only one they had (based on the available on-line sale information), but I now had my choice of 5 or 6 in one of their tanks. Years back, the fellow reefer I make these road trips with and I, would joke about how they wouldn't be in business too much longer. Now, that joke is on us...
On another note - the on-line sale I referenced above had a Conspiculatus Angel available for $3,000. It had the notation "captive bred", and I said to myself "Whoa!" This fish is way too large to be captive bred - any captive bred angels you see today are maybe 2" long at best. So, being the naysayer I am, I asked Michael (the owner) about the fish. He said that it was indeed captive bred, and it had been growing out for the past 2.5 years! He also said that it had been sold. Duh...