Sea Urchin, reef safe? Good idea?

[mabel_photo6]

Me too snfkotara! lol I suppose I'm good at growing hair algae too.
I don't even know where La Vernia is. lol
My boyfriend is going to S.A. next weekend but just to skate with some of his friends. :(
I'll be stuck here. Gotta figure out something to do while he's gone. lol

[Bill S]

8.0 is nothing to panic about. It's lower than preferred, but not bad.

My tuxedo urchins don't seem to touch the coraline. You can get small ones about 1.5" across. They are known for eating hair algae - but not bryopsis.

[mabel_photo6]

8.0 is nothing to panic about. It's lower than preferred, but not bad.

My tuxedo urchins don't seem to touch the coraline. You can get small ones about 1.5" across. They are known for eating hair algae - but not bryopsis.

Well do you think the rock boring urchin is a good path?
That's pretty much all the algae I have at the moment... green hair algae and coraline.
My red algae disappeared once I moved around my water movement and stated using filtered water.
I'm afraid of the urchin knocking over my torch, finger leather, and hammer coral.
Reading that they might eat zoa's scares me too. :(

[mabel_photo6]

Uhhhhh wait, lol you said tuxedo urchins.
I'll guess I'll have to research a small urchin and see if Petco can order it for me.
Or maybe I'll try and get one in S.A. soon.

Oh and another thing, I need to replace my lights.
It might have a lot to do with my growth of green hair algae.
What sucks is that I have no place to get it locally so I'd have to order it.

[vman181]

What kind of lights? I have found a place online I feel is/are the cheapest place to get VHO's. I have bought from them a few times and it has gone great.

[vman181]

Oh and another thing is keeping up with your lights will help out on the GHA. That was the solution to my GHA a few years back. My lights were so old it was the perfect spectrum for the GHA to grow.

[mabel_photo6]

Yeah I figured if I changed my lights, it would help reduce it.
I really need to change it bad.
Right now, I just have the standard lights that come with the Biocube 29.
Where's the place you can get them online?
I'm thinking of upgrading to a 70 or 75 gallon and I'd want better lights than what the Biocube comes with.

[Europhyllia]

Oh you'll love upgrading to a bigger tank!
I went from a 29g with Compact Fluorescents to a 125g with T5s and love it.
I still have algae though because I like to feed stuff...
I am using a Poly Filter though to better keep up with my liberal feeding practices...

(PS you would not believe what kind of a money pit a bigger tank is so be careful)

[mabel_photo6]

Hahaha Well I'm getting an idea.
I have to account for the tank, stand, lights, heater, powerheads, RO filter, and so on.
So I'm trying to get an estimate but I want to do it.
I'm saving up money and hopefully getting a job. lol
So I'm looking for a 75 gallon tank.

I ended up getting a Rock Boring Urchin after all.
They had a Sea Hare too so I took him home.
Urchin isn't really being too active yet.
We'll see how they get to work on my green hair algae.
The Hare is going crazy! He's moving around eating what it can.
I hope it doesn't die! lol

[mabel_photo6]

So I'm looking around a bit for urchins.
I know I already have a rock boring urchin but can I add another later if I wanted to?
I was looking at the Jewel, Purple Bicolor Urchin, or whatever the common name is.
(Salmacis Bicolor)

If it matters, the Urchin I bought is about an inch 1/2 including pins.