Pajama Cardinal Thin Spear in Mouth?

[Lovewindsor]

One of our pajama cardinals has a thin hair/filiment/spear in its mouth. It spent the whole day in front of the anemone with it. (Normally hides in back.) At one point he dropped it and then came back with another.
Any thoughts?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Any urchin or spiny livestock in tank?
It’ll likely eject it or you can try to net it and remove

 

[Lovewindsor]

Any urchin or spiny livestock in tank?
It’ll likely eject it or you can try to net it and remove

He spit it out and then went and got another one!!!! We added an urchin late this afternoon .....

 

[vetteguy53081]

He spit it out and then went and got another one!!!! We added an urchin late this afternoon .....

That’s what I thought and a little education for you- cardinals are egglayers and male keeps eggs in it’s’ mouth until eggs hatch and deposit them into spines of urchins as a safety from predators
The black band is a camouflage feature that helps them blend in between spines sea urchins and coral structures. Another