I got a bougie urchin

[Lavey29]

Today's fashionable ensemble is some lovely bubble algae broaches.

 

[All_talk]

I love it. Lately mine has taken to carrying around hermit crabs.

 

[Lavey29]

I love it. Lately mine has taken to carrying around hermit crabs.

Mine like cerith snails and zoa flowers in the hair

 

[Dreminon]

cute little guy

 

[olonmv]

I periodically rescue a snail from mine.

 

[Lavey29]

Hey you guys with urchins. I'm sure you see how they grind into rocks for food what do you think about them chewing on plastic powerheads? Mine are covered in coralline and the urchins chomp away but I'm concerned they are chomping up plastic too and releasing tiny plastic dust into the tank.

Your thoughts?

 

[All_talk]

Hey you guys with urchins. I'm sure you see how they grind into rocks for food what do you think about them chewing on plastic powerheads? Mine are covered in coralline and the urchins chomp away but I'm concerned they are chomping up plastic too and releasing tiny plastic dust into the tank.

Your thoughts?

My pincushion does chew up the plastic a little, my wave pumps have gone from smooth plastic to lightly textured. I suspect the plastic bits are pretty inert, and mechanical filtration should catch some of it. I do know that will chew through power cords, I have lost more than one pump this way. Now all my in-tank cords have 1/4" split loom shielding, it still gets chewed on, but is cheap and easy to replace.

 

[Lavey29]

My pincushion does chew up the plastic a little, my wave pumps have gone from smooth plastic to lightly textured. I suspect the plastic bits are pretty inert, and mechanical filtration should catch some of it. I do know that will chew through power cords, I have lost more than one pump this way. Now all my in-tank cords have 1/4" split loom shielding, it still gets chewed on, but is cheap and easy to replace.

Interesting, thanks for sharing. Wow powercords could be dangerous.

 

[All_talk]

I periodically rescue a snail from mine.

What if its the other way around? Here is some urchin on snail action. Sorry about the super blue light, I guess they waited until the mood lighting was right...

 

[olonmv]

Hey you guys with urchins. I'm sure you see how they grind into rocks for food what do you think about them chewing on plastic powerheads? Mine are covered in coralline and the urchins chomp away but I'm concerned they are chomping up plastic too and releasing tiny plastic dust into the tank.

Your thoughts?

My pincushion does chew up the plastic a little, my wave pumps have gone from smooth plastic to lightly textured. I suspect the plastic bits are pretty inert, and mechanical filtration should catch some of it. I do know that will chew through power cords, I have lost more than one pump this way. Now all my in-tank cords have 1/4" split loom shielding, it still gets chewed on, but is cheap and easy to replace.

Mine is rarely on the power cords, thankfully but I’ll be sure to inspect them later. He does however, an awesome job at cleaning! One of my favorite for sure.