Pincushion problem

[Kapachuka3]

My white pincushion urchin has seemed to pick up one of my nassarius snails, should I just let the snail be and it will be fine? Or should I remove it? What have some other people done in this situation?

 

[Sosuke]

Urchins like to pickup things and carry them on their backs. If it's a living thing I would remove it from the urchins back. Be gentle while removing it though.

 

[Kapachuka3]

Urchins like to pickup things and carry them on their backs. If it's a living thing I would remove it from the urchins back. Be gentle while removing it though.

What if I don’t take it off, will the snail die? Cause I just took him off and the urchin picked him up again

 

[Sosuke]

I'm not sure of the snails capabilities to escape an urchin. Maybe try moving the snail to another side of the tank?

 

[Kapachuka3]

I'm not sure of the snails capabilities to escape an urchin. Maybe try moving the snail to another side of the tank?

I also have some bumblebee snail shells I thought they were alive and they came in on the urchins back, should i remove their shells or could I just leave them in? I don’t want the shells to desinegrate in the tank.

 

[Sosuke]

If you think there is life on it I would remove it. Maybe buy a 3D printed urchin hat to keep it from stealing your other livestock. I would also keep your coral frags glued down as these guys like to take those too.

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[Kapachuka3]

If you think there is life on it I would remove it. Maybe buy a 3D printed urchin hat to keep it from stealing your other livestock. I would also keep your coral frags glued down as these guys like to take those too.

UV hat for sea urchins

Hello everyone, I just want to share my little a little discovery with you guys. After seen my sea urchins carrying snail shells, rocks on their back I decide to read more about it. Studies reviewed the possible reasons would be to protect themselves against predators and/or full-spectrum light...

www.reef2reef.com

That’s so awesome thanks

 

[X-37B]

Remove live ones and get some shell from lfs.
The shells will not desintigrate unless you put them in a calcium reactor as media, lol.
Some small rock rubble the size of snails works to.

 

[Kapachuka3]

Remove live ones and get some shell from lfs.
The shells will not desintigrate unless you put them in a calcium reactor as media, lol.
Some small rock rubble the size of snails works to.

I have a couple shells from the beach I think I got a long time ago, could I just use a couple of those, I think there clean

 

[X-37B]

I have a couple shells from the beach I think I got a long time ago, could I just use a couple of those, I think there clean

Should not be a problem.