Sea urchins

Snakeman · Post by **Snakeman** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 1:11 pm

I'm going to try to go diving Friday so if anybody wants some sea urchins let me know. I don't know if the kind we have will eat coral but they are easy to get.

ShagMan · Post by **ShagMan** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 1:30 pm

What do you usually find locally? The purple/black long-spined variety?

Snakeman · Post by **Snakeman** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 2:30 pm

We have the pink collector urchins and the black ones.

JIM · Post by **JIM** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 3:02 pm

would like some but dont want them eating my coral

ShagMan · Post by **ShagMan** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 3:43 pm

is this what you mean by a collector urchin?

I've been wanting what they call a "tuxedo" urchin, that instead of spines, is smooth with vertical rows of tentacles, they collect stuff on the top of themselves as they move around... I don't thing we have these locally tho

http://www.aquahobby.com/marine/globulus.html

Snakeman · Post by **Snakeman** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 4:11 pm

the collector kind we have are short spined and pink.

Post by **snoopdog** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 6:13 pm

I have not seen Tuxedo urchins anywhere in forever.

KrazyPlace · Post by **KrazyPlace** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 6:28 pm

I want one of the long spiney ones and a collector... Josh took mine!

Snakeman · Post by **Snakeman** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 10:00 pm

if they are out there I will get them.

Post by **snoopdog** » Thu Apr 08, 2004 8:24 pm

The smaller ones do a better job from what i have seen, the large ones cannot reach in small crevices. I also notice they do not seem to eat macro algea, only corraline.

KrazyPlace · Post by **KrazyPlace** » Thu Apr 08, 2004 8:49 pm

The long purple/black spiny one that I gave to Josh use to eat the macro and coraline algae. It came off the shores of Panama Beach, FL. Now that I have a refugium, I'd like another one.

Snakeman · Post by **Snakeman** » Fri Apr 09, 2004 10:36 pm

Sorry but the urchins have not arived yet. Water still too cold. I'll let you know when I make another attempt.

Siganus8471 · Post by **Siganus8471** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 8:10 pm

Hi there;

I have a long spine black urchin in my tank along with a pin cushion urchin.
Neither of them have touched my corals. I have a large Colt, mushroom and a bubble coral. They both seem to prefer the coralline algae and will not eat the macro or hair algaes. At least not too much of it. The pin cushion urchin has short spines with long tube feet that allows it to attach things to it. I have seen it carry around algae strands, small rocks, even hermit crabs. I would like one of those Royal Blue Urchins. I saw one at B&B several months ago but got my sea cucumber instead.

James
Siganus8471

ShagMan · Post by **ShagMan** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 9:02 pm

Both my urchins are back to refuge duty; it's not because they eat corals or anything, but they bulldoze all my frags over.

Siganus8471 · Post by **Siganus8471** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 10:43 pm

Hi there;

Yeah my urchins bulldoze my Bubble coral that way occasionally.