Is this Sea Urchin reef safe?

JFish180 · 03/15/2006, 02:19 AM

I recently found this urchin hiding in the rock work of a coral I just purchased. Does anyone know if this urchin is reef safe? Should I let it in my reef tank?

supernareg · 03/15/2006, 05:10 AM

i believe most urchins are reef safe... they just knock stuff over cause they're bulky..

russ49merc · 03/15/2006, 11:31 AM

and they eat coraline

smoney · 03/15/2006, 06:20 PM

It probably was a hitchiker on a rock with macro on it. I know that my two urchins are bulldozers. But they really take care of the algae on the glass, and although they eat the coraline, for some reason, the coraline spreads nicely.

03/15/2006, 02:19 AM	#1
JFish180 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Southern California Posts: 290	Is this Sea Urchin reef safe? I recently found this urchin hiding in the rock work of a coral I just purchased. Does anyone know if this urchin is reef safe? Should I let it in my reef tank?

03/15/2006, 05:10 AM	#2
supernareg Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 2,610	i believe most urchins are reef safe... they just knock stuff over cause they're bulky..

03/15/2006, 11:31 AM	#3
russ49merc Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Winchester CA Posts: 1,052	and they eat coraline

03/15/2006, 06:20 PM	#4
smoney Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Valencia, CA 91355 Posts: 1,073	It probably was a hitchiker on a rock with macro on it. I know that my two urchins are bulldozers. But they really take care of the algae on the glass, and although they eat the coraline, for some reason, the coraline spreads nicely.