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Posted on: 24/4/2009 23:37 |
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hi guys,
i've just been sitting watching my tank....as i normally do at this time of night....and noticed that my purple sea urchin just squirted a white substance into the water. the cleaner shrimp went crazy for it and started swimming through it and (what looked like) eating it. any ideas what this could be or am i just being a bit naive? cheers, adam. |
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Posted on: 25/4/2009 17:08 |
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Hi Adam, what you've witness is spawning. They release eggs and sperm same time. The eggs would have been food for the shrimps which is why it went for them.
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Posted on: 25/4/2009 17:43 |
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i had a hunch but didn't know they released them like that! lol
quite a cool thing to have witnessed then really? cheers tony. adam. |
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Posted on: 29/4/2009 14:28 |
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i suppose that means the urchin is still going strong? :)
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Posted on: 29/4/2009 18:18 |
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it does indeed buddy! haven't seen you on here for a while!
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Posted on: 29/4/2009 19:36 |
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i've been swamped with work. starting my new career as an electronics assembler, being sent to the OU for a degree in physics so i can move up to product design, still teaching saturday music school and my adult strings group... no time for anything really and unfortunately FK kinda fell by the wayside
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Posted on: 29/4/2009 19:49 |
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i see. good luck with it buddy sounds like you have an interestering time ahead of you!
how's the sump going? when i last saw the cabinet just come down out the loft! lol |
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Posted on: 30/4/2009 0:33 |
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unfortunately, due to financial constraints, it hasnt changed much since you saw it!
the sump is complete, the cabinet is complete... i need to build a lighting canopy, and i need to plumb the tank. then deal with the expense of the substrate, salt, and live rock which i'm not able to do right now so the whole thing is just on hold until life changes enough to really go at it. besides, after putting in the rock, if i dont have money for the cleanup crew, i'm kinda screwed so i have to have quite a big lump sum ready to actually get the green light |
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Posted on: 30/4/2009 8:47 |
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sorry to hear that mate, but at least once you have the lump sum ready you can make one beautiful looking tank.
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Posted on: 30/4/2009 10:07 |
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thats what i'm hoping. i really want it to be something special so i'm hoping to have it full of unusual things
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