Urchin picking up things in my tank

[jng15111]

Hey I'm new to reefing and definitely new to having an Urchin. Mine love picking up everything with his spines. Have any of you guys encountered this?he somehow even picks up corals I glued down

 

[Fishbird]

Yep that’s what they do! If you google “tuxedo urchin reef2reef” you’ll find lots of threads where people share pictures of the things their urchins carry around. Mine was the biggest ball of algae in the tank until last night when my other urchin ate the first one’s “hair”

 

[Sleeping Giant]

 

[jng15111]

That's funny I had hair algae on mine but I removed it.

 

[muzikalmatt]

Yep, this is a pretty common occurrence with urchins. Their spines are quite strong and they have the ability to remove even corals that are glued down. Mine actually pulled some zoas off the rock work once.

 

[X-37B]

Here is one of mine.

 

[Mark Bradley]

I love my urchins but have to keep an eye on their dragging Xenia around my tank!

 

[Pathsreef]

There was a post a few weeks back of a reefer selling 3D printed hats for urchins

 

[jng15111]

There was a post a few weeks back of a reefer selling 3D printed hats for urchins

Haha that's funny I have a 3d printer I should do that

 

[ReeferWarrant]

Yeah, from what I was reading they are sensitive to the light. So they carry stuff to create shade. Mine has a Trap door from a snail it carries around everywhere, and any poor small snail....

 

[flabryth]

Hey I'm new to reefing and definitely new to having an Urchin. Mine love picking up everything with his spines. Have any of you guys encountered this?he somehow even picks up corals I glued down

that's part of the keeping an urchin life...things stick to them and get moved around. They look like roving piles of rubble and debris...imo

 

[New&no clue]

Here are mine

But the worst was when my Turbo picked up my BTA

 

[Mark Bradley]

Bought a pincushion urchin today

 

[najer]

Waiting for it's post lock down trim!