I think I have the answer here, but wanted to ask to make sure.
I ordered two tuxedo urchins online and received them yesterday. Drip acclimated both at the same time over about 1.5-2 hours. One urchin is fine, the other is not.
The one that is not fine... I noticed lots of spines (25%) in the shipping bag. Put him in a QT tank with food. Today the poor thing has lost 50-66% of it's spines. This one has not moved much at all.
Tested my water to rule it out:
pH: 8.1 or 8.2; not quite either color really
SG: 1.024
Nitrate: 0
No copper treatment
I think that is all that is important when it comes to inverts.
I am thinking the tuxedo is done for and it happened during shipping given the number of spines in the bag.
The question is: is there anything I can actually do for it or to I need to send it to the freezer to humanely put it out of it's misery?
Just wish I could do something for it ... or need to end it fast so it won't suffer more than it already has.
I ordered two tuxedo urchins online and received them yesterday. Drip acclimated both at the same time over about 1.5-2 hours. One urchin is fine, the other is not.
The one that is not fine... I noticed lots of spines (25%) in the shipping bag. Put him in a QT tank with food. Today the poor thing has lost 50-66% of it's spines. This one has not moved much at all.
Tested my water to rule it out:
pH: 8.1 or 8.2; not quite either color really
SG: 1.024
Nitrate: 0
No copper treatment
I think that is all that is important when it comes to inverts.
I am thinking the tuxedo is done for and it happened during shipping given the number of spines in the bag.
The question is: is there anything I can actually do for it or to I need to send it to the freezer to humanely put it out of it's misery?
Just wish I could do something for it ... or need to end it fast so it won't suffer more than it already has.