Urchin

Conch wave ! Making light work of the diatoms , currently in the ugly phase. Any other recommendations for CUC to add or leave as they are ? Been in a week and a lot of algae build up on the rock work. I have a tuxedo urchin and 3 turbo snails also, but don’t want to overstock (80 litres)

🐠🪸 My First Marine Aquarium – DIY Reef Project

My first marine aquarium, now running for 6 months! I’m learning everything on my own and personally designed and built the sump, modified the cabinet, and installed the entire electrical system myself, including internal lighting, three protected power outlets, circuit breakers and an electricity consumption monitor.

Equipment includes two AI Hydra 32 HD lights, a Bubble Magus skimmer, Jebao pumps, a 100 W heater, refugium, bubble trap, DIY automatic top-off and sensors, plus 35–40 kg of live rock.

Currently home to 16–17 fish, crabs, a shrimp, a sea urchin and snails.

🌊 My dream is to create a beautiful reef full of colorful corals. I’m still learning, so any advice is welcome! 🙏🪸

Update:

Got the Jebao auto dosing fine tuned now, parameters have been stable this week. I also added the CO wildfire nem to the tank and it has chosen a really cool spot right where my clowns hang out. I added a peppermint shrimp and a tuxedo urchin to take care of some aptasia and hair algae. I also got my little fuge running with chaeto and an auto feeder so the fish still get fed if I forget before I go to work. In the last pic, I got this 3D printed anemone/fish guard for my wave maker and I think it is genius lol

My tuxedo urchin has added some variety to his zoa collection. He does it on his own, it’s awesome!

Urchin 💩

Can someone help me or help me create a day by day schedule to help my tank im dosing neophos and prime but my reading are

Salinity 1.024

Alkalinity 15.3

PH 7.4

Phosphate 0

Nitrate 50-100

Nitrite 0.1

Ammonia 0.25

It’s only a 52L tank. I have a frogspawn(closed few days) everything else is fine 2 clownfish urchin torch and mushroom

My Urchin decided to take one of my frags for a ride!!!!

spiny urchin visiting my leather. ouch🪸

Farewell destructo, job well done... traded him in today for a few nassarius snails and an electric blue hermit. Such a pretty urchin but he's dragged too many corals into unwanted battle. He won the old war on the red turf algae now he can cause havoc in the shops 500g display for the rest of his days.

First sea urchin! Any advice is much appreciated on how to keep them happy!

I'm noticing this bumble bee shrimp is always with this sea urchin. Is that a normal symbiotic behavior?

Been out all night cleaning the ugly stage off the rocks,was a great addition with the urchin and emerald crab and 4 super nassarious snails