Single reason NOT to own an urchin

[G Santana]

My boy Meatball is at it again. He has a 3"×4" monti on his back along with a piece of rock and can barely move. I have pulled it off of him 3x in the last week but he insists it's his.

Think long and hard before you get an Urchin.

 

[glb]

Oh dear!

 

[Zach B]

I Love Urchins but despise the fact that they seem to only focus on my beautiful purple coralline covered rocks Lol

 

[Anemone_Fanatic]

The only reason to not own an urchin is if you have a freshwater tank.

 

[NowGlazeIT]

My boy Meatball is at it again. He has a 3"×4" monti on his back along with a piece of rock and can barely move. I have pulled it off of him 3x in the last week but he insists it's his.

Think long and hard before you get an Urchin.

He’s a strong one!

 

[saulgoodmannnn]

I gave my long spine away to a buddy because he ate my acans. I even tried target feeding him tiny pieces of shrimp but no luck be kept going after my LPS.

 

[NowGlazeIT]

I gave my long spine away to a buddy because he ate my acans. I even tried target feeding him tiny pieces of shrimp but no luck be kept going after my LPS.

Now that’s the real monster here hah

 

[vetteguy53081]

Reason I have a Pencil urchin

 

[Dburr1014]

My boy Meatball is at it again. He has a 3"×4" monti on his back along with a piece of rock and can barely move. I have pulled it off of him 3x in the last week but he insists it's his.

Think long and hard before you get an Urchin.

Must be a full moon I just got this shot tonight.
I count 3 snail shells, rubble with cinnamon Pallys and some other rocks.

 

[dvgyfresh]

Mine took the algae clip ! This isn’t how it works…

 

[Sean Clark]

It probably has a date and wants to look it's best.

 

[Tbg299]

I have a rock boring urchin in a 65 gal that hitch hiked in on live rock that is now the size of a baseball. Gonna have to give him up sadly because he is getting way too big for my tank and starting to graze on my psammacora and pavona corals now that he has stripped the rocks of coraline.

 

[MrGisonni]

I just canceled my tuxedo urchin order. Lol. I was second guessing myself from the start. He will tear up my 30 mixed reef...i know it

 

[HuduVudu]

Meatball make the money see ..
Meatball get the honeys G

I love urchins they are clowns.

 

[Timfish]

I wouldn't keep a tank without urchins. They are the best at scouring rocks clean to renew biofilms and knock algae back as well as add carbonates and bicarbonate back into the system. That function is more important for maintianing a healthy ecosystem than any coral frag.

 

[SeaHorseQueen]

The only reason to not own an urchin is if you have a freshwater tank.

I literally had a dream this morning about my tank being a freshwater tank. I was like “wait a minute!”. Lol

 

[fishface NJ]

I Love Urchins but despise the fact that they seem to only focus on my beautiful purple coralline covered rocks Lol

Mine only eats the purple coralline on my rocks and tank walls. My tank use to be covered in coralline but not any more. Only place it exists is in tight areas he can't reach. He doesn't have a taste for algae

 

[i cant think]

I glued down an encrusting monti a few months back and the urchin decided to somehow rip it off the rock and then travel around the tank with it. I lost that monti and after 2 weeks, found it, here it is now.
The only good thing is it has begun to finally encrust on the rock so the urchin can’t rob it but even then it’s still only a small chunk of monti.

 

[i cant think]

Mine only eats the purple coralline on my rocks and tank walls. My tank use to be covered in coralline but not any more. Only place it exists is in tight areas he can't reach. He doesn't have a taste for algae

I gave up trying to grow coralline in mine. Now my Nano is coralline heaven… Don’t even try mention “asterina” stars though.

 

[Hallowhead]

Reason I have a Pencil urchin

Where do you get such a creature ? I'm in need