Urchin has a satellite dish!

ckalupa · May 11, 2019

Got this guy very small from an online source that sells captive bred. He went missing for a while in the rockwork. Showed up much larger and with this clam shell attached to his spines. It is well attached as we can not pull it with forceps. Should we just leave it? Been there since his return a week or two back.

Silver14SS · May 11, 2019

Yes, leave it, totally normal behavior. I very rarely see my urchins "au naturel."

https://www.orafarm.com/product/variegated-urchin/

Here's 2 that are out now.

ckalupa · May 12, 2019

Go figure- urchins that “accessorize”

Silver14SS · May 12, 2019

Here's a better picture from a minute ago. There's a live hermit crab in that shell, guess it has taxi service for the day.

ckalupa · May 12, 2019

I also have very large Mexican turbo snail that is fully covered in green hair algae. All you see is a ball of long hair algae that moves around the rockwork. Guess he needs a haircut.

ChiSox Rabbitfish · May 12, 2019

My urchin has been carrying a small batch of zoas for about a month now and the zoas don’t seem to mind

Arrecife · May 19, 2019

Mine has been carring a Limpet snail as a helmet for like a week now hahaha and has two empty shells also. Last time she carried a mushroom frag. I love my urchin.

Rakie · May 19, 2019

Urchin are awesome, especially if your frags are glued down lol

Hemmdog · May 19, 2019

Lol I love these pictures. Mines currently carrying a frag plug with some palys that were lost in my tank, he found them for me ! Haha

Goodair · May 19, 2019

Ubers of the sea.

Hemmdog · May 20, 2019

Still propagating those palys ! Looks like it acquired a trochus snail today too!

Silver14SS · May 23, 2019

Pretty good camo!

Mariette · May 23, 2019

Arrecife said:
Mine has been carring a Limpet snail as a helmet for like a week now hahaha and has two empty shells also. Last time she carried a mushroom frag. I love my urchin.

That’s a beautiful urchin you’ve got there. May I ask what kind it is?

Mariette · May 23, 2019

Hemmdog said:
Lol I love these pictures. Mines currently carrying a frag plug with some palys that were lost in my tank, he found them for me ! Haha

You know someone’s gonna ask...picture please

Mariette · May 23, 2019

Mariette said:
You know someone’s gonna ask...picture please

Oops. Never mind

Hemmdog · May 23, 2019

Mariette said:
Oops. Never mind

As of this morning still rocking the frag lol. I even used tongs to take the frag plug off him a few days ago, he ran back over to it and picked it up again! Such a funny little guy!

Mariette · May 23, 2019

Hemmdog said:
As of this morning still rocking the frag lol. I even used tongs to take the frag plug off him a few days ago, he ran back over to it and picked it up again! Such a funny little guy!

It’s official. That frag belongs to the urchin now. Let it go man. Let it go