I think i love tuxedo urchins

Kmst80 · Feb 21, 2022

I miss mine...they loved to pick up the caulerpa

Lavey29 · Feb 21, 2022

Marlyreef said:
Love my tuxedo urchin. He is a workhorse and he has a rather charming personality.

Ok is this a camera trick or is he going to Disneyland?

hawk82 · Feb 21, 2022

Lavey29 said:
Look at this patch he stripped overnight. You go boy, keep on munchin...

Wow wish I had known about these before I started dosing Vibrant. I have a rock boring urchin that was a hitchhiker on live rock, he never touches the gha, just my coraline. And my snails or crabs dont seem to care much for the long gha.

Lavey29 · Feb 21, 2022

hawk82 said:
Wow wish I had known about these before I started dosing Vibrant. I have a rock boring urchin that was a hitchhiker on live rock, he never touches the gha, just my coraline. And my snails or crabs dont seem to care much for the long gha.

My crew doesn't touch the long stuff but the urchins sure do.

DHill6 · Feb 22, 2022

Getting to work.

adittam · Feb 22, 2022

Easily my favorite cuc members, and it’s not close. I have one decent sized blue one and 4 baby red ones, and all they do is WORK!

homer1475 · Feb 22, 2022

Have 2, did have 3, but one just up and died the other day. No idea why either, as everything else in fine in the tank.

Anyways.... 1 blue tuxedo, and 1 short spine pincushion. They absolutely LOVE coralline. Much more so then algae of any kind. Coralline is like candy to them.

Lavey29 · Feb 23, 2022

Ok, so the one that was napping all the time is not working his urchin butt off like a champ but the other one who started strong is now sun bathing and doing nothing.

Is 2 enough in a 65g DT with moderate amount of GHA?

Duncan62 · Feb 24, 2022

Lavey29 said:
Ok, so the one that was napping all the time is not working his urchin butt off like a champ but the other one who started strong is now sun bathing and doing nothing.

Is 2 enough in a 65g DT with moderate amount of GHA?

Are they small? Two adults will cover lots of ground. I put 2 tiny ones in an algea covered 30. A little over a year later I had to move one. 2 is a good place to start.

Lavey29 · Feb 24, 2022

Duncan62 said:
Are they small? Two adults will cover lots of ground. I put 2 tiny ones in an algea covered 30. A little over a year later I had to move one. 2 is a good place to start.

About the size of a quarter in diameter.

Duncan62 · Feb 24, 2022

Lavey29 said:
About the size of a quarter in diameter.

He'll double the first year. Mine aren't nocturnal. Graze 24 hrs. a day. Enjoy.

Duncan62 · Feb 24, 2022

Duncan62 said:
He'll double the first year. Mine aren't nocturnal. Graze 24 hrs. a day. Enjoy.

I leave one third of the back glass to them. It looks a mess but the keep it mowed and it keeps them well fed.

All_talk · Feb 25, 2022

I've had a pincushion for a few years now, super fun to watch and non-aquarium people find them interesting. Some things I've noticed, I don't have much coralline, he seems to work 12 hours on then 12 hours off, and protect any cords in the tank. These little guys can chew in deep and they don't seem to care if its rock or plastic. I lost a couple of pumps before I figured out what was going on, now I cover in-tank cables with 1/4 split wiring loom. He still chews it, but its sacrificial

Gary.

Skipbacon · Feb 25, 2022

I bought one yesterday and he was moving all over the tank, eating algae until this morning when he must be resting somewhere. Hopefully he’ll pop up again. My conchs take time off, so hopefully these urchins do as well.

Lavey29 · Feb 25, 2022

Skipbacon said:
I bought one yesterday and he was moving all over the tank, eating algae until this morning when he must be resting somewhere. Hopefully he’ll pop up again. My conchs take time off, so hopefully these urchins do as well.

I guess mine don't work on Fridays. Haven't seen them all day.