IS THIS GUY EATING MY ZOANTHIDS?

[PeterB113]

Idk whats goin on over here but my boy is all over my zoanthids....is he trying to eat them? There was no algea on that frag and hes been on it for a good 20min. Lmk if you think i should take him off or out of my tank. I was told urchins wont eat corals and are reef safe but i keep babysitting it because i get scared hes going to hurt my corals. When i bought it all i was told was that it was a purple urchin. Hes been in the tank for about a week and a half.

 

[dimitrinivo]

I work at a saltwater aquarium store, never once seen or heard of an urchin eating a coral, they're strictly vegetarians. You can move him if he's bothering the coral by sitting on him tho.