Can I take stuff off my urchin

LxHowler · Oct 13, 2020

So I know urchins like to take stuff to try and disguise themselfs but I never expected this one. My tuxedo urchin is walking around with a piece of egg crate. I was wondering if it is safe to take it off of it as this was holding a plug of rasta zoa's and I don't have any spare to replace it. I don't even know how it got is because it was under the sand. Please excuse the algae I haven't had chance to clean it off

Alaeriel · Oct 13, 2020

They usually hold onto things with their tube feet, which are very delicate. I recommend not removing it. He'll put it down eventually :3

LxHowler · Oct 13, 2020

Alaeriel said:
They usually hold onto things with their tube feet, which are very delicate. I recommend not removing it. He'll put it down eventually :3

Thanks. I thought this might be the case but thought it worth a check

MrDLHughesY · Oct 13, 2020

Mine has had loads of hats for aslong as I’ve had it and I’ve always just pulled them off been no problems so far.

Phycodurus · Oct 17, 2020

tries to remove eggcrate from urchin:

LxHowler · Oct 30, 2020

Update. It now has a thermometer

moz71 · Oct 30, 2020

I pull stuff off from time to time with no ill effect

LxHowler · Oct 30, 2020

moz71 said:
I pull stuff off from time to time with no ill effect

At this point it's just making me laugh. I dont even know how it's holding a thermometer

Reefer1978 · Oct 30, 2020

Maybe he's running a fever

Pistondog · Oct 30, 2020

mine pulls new frags.
They are tank disruptors.
He is not authorized in certain areas, but does not care.

Mical · Oct 30, 2020

Meet Roomba

burningmime · Oct 30, 2020

He wants to build a frag tank of his own. He's going to drop all the stuff off in one corner of the tank, go back to pick his favorite frags, and have his own coral garden.

Lightspeed · Oct 30, 2020

Pistondog said:
mine pulls new frags.
They are tank disruptors.
He is not authorized in certain areas, but does not care.

Yeah same, i put new frags in and lost my Tabasco Favites, naughty urchin decided he would like to adorn himself with it and dropped it in the rock work somewhere. This morning i woke to find my Sunset Micro colony went walkabout too.

Ugghhh algae eaters......yeah ok, Display disruptors def;Sour

Mical · Oct 30, 2020

Lightspeed said:
Yeah same, i put new frags in and lost my Tabasco Favites, naughty unchin decided he would like to adorn himself with it and dropped it in the rock work somewhere. This morning i woke to find my Sunset Micro colony went walkabout too.

Ugghhh algae eaters......yeah ok, Display disruptors def;Sour

Could be worse, I had a Niger Trigger move large rocks with frags on them & tip them over

Alaeriel · Oct 30, 2020

Hahaha he's clearly unhappy with your aquascaping skills so he's reorganizing the accessories

leighla wolf · Oct 30, 2020

Apparently urchins do this to protect from UV rays. There’s a thread where you can buy funny 3D printed hats for them that they really like so they won’t pick up everything in your tank

leighla wolf · Oct 30, 2020

UV hat for sea urchins

say no more, friend! :D HAHAHA Can you make one that says "This tank ain't big enough for the two of us"?

www.reef2reef.com

LxHowler · Oct 30, 2020

leighla wolf said:
Apparently urchins do this to protect from UV rays. There’s a thread where you can buy funny 3D printed hats for them that they really like so they won’t pick up everything in your tank

That is incredible. I want one now

leighla wolf · Oct 30, 2020

LxHowler said:
That is incredible. I want one now

Glad you found it useful! If anything, you could always go to a local university if you can’t get in touch with the guy doing that and make your own and have it printed there.

Mooses · Oct 30, 2020

Lol someone around here has a pic of his wielding a razor blade. If I see someone’s carrying around an empty beer can, I think I could officially say I’ve seen it all