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I just did the hot water treatment mention by Fuel , currently feeling alright the pain is not as painful as just now anymore .
This is the species , hopefully its not poison ?
That's a Hatpin Urchin, echinox calamari.
There are thick long banded spines and shorter, thin fine spines.
The thin fine spines are the stingers.
Its sting is very painful, like bee sting. Not fatal.
If its just a singer stab, the pain should subside in 2 hours.
Cheers
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Yes, as what Fuel mentioned, the hot water treatment is good.
To what extend one could be affected depend largely on whether you develop allergic reaction and the species of urchin.
Oftentime, its just the severe pain that subside over time.
Should you develop a fever, puffy eyes or increase heart beats, best to consult a doctor. Stay calm though.
Do you know what species it is?
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If the bioload allows, a naso tang will love the lobo
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Dear all,
Glad you like it.
But the method is neither a tip, idea nor suggestion
It's an effective working solution. Been there done that and it works everytime
Have fun!
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Bro Klim,
Don't panic
Isopods are very easy and fun to remove. They are great scavengers and absolutely love blood!
Here's how:
Go market, NTUC, Sheng Siong etc and get hold of some small size kuning or kambong fish.
You only need two pcs.
A length of string longer than your tank depth and a fish net.
Preparation:
Scale the fish and wash clean.
Cut a 2.5inch section, taking the head to the belly portion. Don't wash anymore.
This is your bait
This is what you do:
Tie the bait to one end of the string.
Peel open the gill cover to expose the gill.
Give the gill a pinch till a bit of blood trickle out.
Lower the bait to the tank bottom and watch
The blood trail will start to drift with the flow.
Soon, you will see all the isopods 'fly' excitedly out of the substrates and home towards the bait.
In no time, the bait will be swamped with voracious isopods eating right into the carcass. Goosebumps!
The actions can be so dractic the entire carcass seem to come alive and start 'moving'
When a good number are seen devouring the bait, raise the bait with string GENTLY while at the same time, scoop the whole thing up with the fish net.
Walla
you get a big bunch of isopods for a cool macro shot 
Tip : Do not wait for every single isopod to land on the bait before pulling the plug 'cos those that have their fill will quickly leave. You can follow up with the next baiting.
Have fun
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Yup, the variety of favorite fish caught is amazing.
Keep wondering the number of time each fish need to undergo the bladder needling before hitting surface... What a painful ascend
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Super Deep Dive Fish Collection
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HI Henry,
I have scraping them off the glass pane and running the water through a filter sock.Repeat a few round to progressively decimate its population and turning off the lightings in my main tank. all my Coral have move to sump refugium. Henry did miss up anything? Please advice?Thank you
Excellent efforts
For the simple reason that more are still appearing indicates their huge population you got to deal with.
Good move to have the corals in the fuge to provide them with lightings while the lights are turned off.
Take note though that some of these pest may be hosting on the coral bases and you need to deal with them too.
Yes, you missed out something - treatment duration
For mechanical removal, the process need to be repeated daily till they are gone
For cutting off lighting, it will take about 10-15 days to starve out the zooxanthelae..
It will be good to mechanically remove them while keeping the lights off.
Place filter floss in the return pump compartment to prevent those from the corals finding their way back to the main tank.
You may consider getting a bottle of FaunaMarine Ultra Pest Remover to treat the corals before returning them to the main tank.
Have fun
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HI Henry,
Today i come back from work in the morning,I have do as you said but the unknow odject still stay and getting more . I also checked the on the net in hitchhikers guide to the reef tank and he said the unknow odject this near microscopic species too. Please advice?
I suggested two solutions. Which did you tried?
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Good efforts in getting the photo of this tiny fella though its not clear enough for a positive id.
If it is Boloceroides, it may be removed mechanically by scraping them off the glass pane and running the water through a filter sock.
Repeat a few round to progressively decimate its population.
It also resemble hydroids.
Hydroids are dependent on the products of zooxanthelae residing within it's tissues, which in turn is dependent on good lightings to thrive.
Cutting down or turning off the lightings will kill off the hydroids.
Whatever it is, enjoy the process.
Cheerful reefing
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Calcinus tibicen, blue eyed hermit.
There is a variant with dark blue legs but eyes are similar.
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:lol: Bro Mike, you have quite a handful of 'Hulker Eggs' in there.
Have fun squeezing
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Hi Bro Mike,
From photo, it appear more blue than green.
It could be either Avatar or Hulker eggs!! Once they hatch out, you will be a very wealthy man
OK, joke aside, these are sponge. They can move very slowly using its tiny pseudopods 'legs'
Harmless thing but when more appear, can be quite an eyesore.
To confirm, pick one out with a tweezer and gently squeeze it. Feel spongy confirm its sponge.
If creamy stuff oozes out, its Avatar or Hulker eggs again
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I bought the Mars Attack bubble for Marine Life Hobbielist yesterday... I almost passed-out this morning when I saw two mars attack, goes to show that great water quality from the shops makes a difference in the health of our pets.
see the twins...)
Thanks Henry.
Hi Gary
Big thanks for the kudos and supports.
Yes, such are pleasant surprise we get to enjoy in reefing
Reef on man!
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Yup Yup, seems like its getting lesser by the day, or have they become smarter??? Haha
Will probably only add a fish after 2 weeks, now just into the first week or cycling...
it's actually very easy to get these little fellas out. .. And in your case, a very good timing as the tank is in cycling stage.
Simply get a few small Kunning fish from the wet market or ntuc.
Cut it diagonally from behind it's head down to where the stomach end.
Place it in the tank bottom and give the head a little squeeze.
This will release a trail of blood into the current.
Now sit back with a net in hand and watch.
The smell of blood will send them out of their hideout and swarm towards the fish carcass.
Soon you will see them boring into the fish eyes, stomach and all over.
Once a good number of them are sucking madly away, simply net out the fish carcass and all.
Do not wait for all to go in as those inside the fish will swim out once it's filled. About 2 to 3 minute waiting will do.
Have fun
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I bought the salt mixed water from ML.
Did not test salinity & other parameters.
yesterday, there was a mini commotion at home. (wife was running very high fever)
and I ended up changing water only at 1 am.... really could not be bothered with too much at that time.
I suggest you do next time. Honestly I am not pointing fingers at anybody but somethings are better to be safe than sorry. The least you can do is perhaps run a salinity check and phosphate check before the eventual dump.I was equally guilty of buying premixed seawater/NSW from some reputable LFSs before only to realise my corals went up the lorry because of the seawaters' salinity. It was really bad then because I lost alot of zoas! Alot of US/HK zoas to that so yeah, painful lesson :S So bro, advice is no matter how tired, do a check first (:
If too tired, then change water tmr first thing in morning. So yeapp (:
Happy Reefing,
Marc J.
Valid concern brought out by Bro Marc J. especially when things go out of whack after intervention.
As an assurance, the premixed seawater Bro Jacky got was the newly launched salt from Brightwell Aquatic.
Prepared using DI water.
SG 1.024,
PO4 = not detectable.
pH = 8.2
kH = 3.5meq/L
Ca = 420
Mg = 1200
NO3 = <2
Currently using the saltmix for my established display and the newly set up ELOS mini tank
HTH
Cheers
Henry
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Not too sure of the species.
I suspect Mertensii anemone but I cannot be sure.
That's a Mertensii as indicated by the verrucae that run all the way to base of the foot
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Hahah...after this outpouring of love for this critter, I'm starting to feel like I should have kept it rather than release it back into the wild! Could have put it into the refugium of my 2 ft tank!
Hahaha... u just kanna teddy-withdrawal syndrome
guest the fella is singing 'under the sea' and enjoying all the starfishes at Labrador
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ya so cute sia!!
esp the white one look so exotic
hop mine can become liddat..pray for the fur to grow
No lah brudder. . . . the one you have is not teddybear crab so won't grow furry...
more like hairy and the only thing that will grow nicely will be its shell
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Hey Henry!
That's the crab I keep complaining about to you that I've got in my tank! The fellow who was dragging my sun corals and zoas to cover up it's hole, and eating up all my starfish/sand dollars!
Finally managed to catch it and release it into labrador park.
HAH!? Didn't cross my mine at that time that you have this fella 'cos they are from hawaii.
Those I've got was only the size of 10 & 20 cents coin max.
Didn't get to see them feeding on echinoderms though. . . . and yes, they do look cute & cuddly!
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hi i gt a crab here, hope someone can help me ID it..
when u pick it up or touch it, it'll "retract" (dunno whether its the right word) it's leg and camoflage itself as a pebble
This is a teddybear crab wannabe
ok, I don't have its name but I do have a similar one in my display for several months.
Size about 2 inch. Like yours, it burrow in the sand.
Don't seem harmful to livestocks except its burrowwing activities displace lighter rockworks and corals.
Here's some actual teddybear crabs I've acquired in 2003.
Don't get your hope up though. Can't get them these days
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Thanks for all the advice..U know wat the med that henry prescribe me really works..but i must top up buffer...straight 5 days..every tomorow look better then yesterday..hahaha..Thanks for all your advice..N also thanks to Henry....
Hi Sis RevellClownFish
Very happy for you that all is well.
Yes, the treatment is costly and you have your very caring hubby to thank too
For now, be careful when adding new livestocks.
Continue working on the system's biological & ionic stability.
Happy Fish
1000 Gallon 3D Hole in the wall
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Its a Peeble Crab.
Need a soft substrate habitat where it spend most of the time buried.
Nice catch!