Are these eggs?

[Sonam]

We noticed these on our urchin today. Are they eggs?

 

[Flippers4pups]

We noticed these on our urchin today. Are they eggs?

Possible.

 

[Sonam]

This urchin is a really good eater and has cleaned the whole tank up. And we do have breeders. Mated pairs of cardinals and clownfish. Not sure about our coral beauties (we have two of those also).

Thanks for the response!

 

[Sonam]

Thank you for the reply!

This urchin is a good eater and cleaned our entire 125 gallon system.

We have a few mated pairs of cardinals and a pair of clownfish.

 

[reef lover]

Remind me of hydroids but ive never seen them on an urchin before...

 

[jda]

They are what the urchin uses to move around and feed - called tube feet. They are like sticky feet and stuff. They are not eggs.

https://askabiologist.asu.edu/sea-urchin-anatomy

 

[reef lover]

Cool. Thanks for the clarification .

 

[LesPoissons]

Just sticky feet. Not all urchin's feet look like that but some varieties do. I have 1 that does and 4 that dont.