Please tell me a sea urchin will eat these

[Taki]

They’re have been just a few threads one these annoying pests so I would like to start my own. Please tell me a pin cushion in particular would eat this pest algae. I’ve read on a CUC site, can’t remember which, that they do .

 

[Goaway]

Yes, at least mine did. I like them, but my tang does too!

Some kind of finger algae.

 

[Taki]

Yes, at least mine did. I like them, but my tang does too!

Some kind of finger algae.

You’re saying your tang ate them? What sort of tang?

 

[Goaway]

You’re saying your tang ate them? What sort of tang?

Purple tang, one spot fox, and I have a scopas tang now. I had live rock show up with those. Tang or fox would nibble them to nothing.

 

[Duncan62]

You’re saying your tang ate them? What sort of tang?

Emerald crabs munched mine as the came out.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Urchins likely wont touch this as its hit and miss with vegetation when it comes to urchins. Not finger algae but rather Neomeris annulata which lets off a toxin to deter fish and others from eating it However a sea hare will eat it

 

[Taki]

Urchins likely wont touch this as its hit and miss with vegetation when it comes to urchins. Not finger algae but rather Neomeris annulata which lets off a toxin to deter fish and others from eating it However a sea hare will eat it

Reefcleaner.org says that sea hares will consume fine, film and hair algae only. They also say that pin cushions will consume complex calcified algae.