tuxedo urchin | Reef2Reef Are tuxedo urchins pincushion urchin? My LFS had a sale on purple pincushion urchins and said they are the same as my tuxedo urchin so could share a tank? Is this correct or am I being given bad information, wouldn't be the first time, I really like urchins so I would like to have both but is it possible?
Breeding sea urchin | Reef2Reef What is the smallest species of sea urchin for aquariums? Which sea urchins are suitable for nano tanks?
Pencil urchin | Reef2Reef Sea urchins are important grazers and influence reef development in the Eastern Tropical Pacific (ETP) Diadema mexicanum and Eucidaris thouarsii are the most important sea urchins on the Ecuadorian coastal reefs
Urchin picking up things in my tank | Reef2Reef 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” :)
How do you feed your urchin? | Reef2Reef How do you feed your sea urchin? Mine is a diademma urchin and i try to drop an algae wafer made of nori to it but it doesnt always get it Is there an easy way to feed them? Id like to feed it daily because its cleaned my rocks, but its becoming a pain
sea urchins | Reef2Reef I LOVE sea urchins but have been told that they will eat my corals I LOVE my corals and been very successful One person tried to sell me a purple sea urchin it looks very healthy but was told the only one that will not bother and eat my corals is a tuxedo urchin but then I am told they are hard to keep So I would appreciate any info good or bad
Sea urchin hats? | Reef2Reef Hey all got a baby tuxedo urchin this week Doing awesome Who do you reccomend for hats besides pork chops reef? He’s the size of a quarter maybe too small? How long will it take to grow He’s in a qt tank full of delicious algae
Nigar trigger fish together with a sea urchin. Now that I have a . . . I have had Niger Triggers with Halloween Urchins without issue But all my triggers have oddly dined profusely on a Long Spine Banded Urchin that was the size of a softball They constantly munched on the longer, hard spines until sticking their nose so deep to get pricked by the thinner, shorter spines I'm convinced the urchin died of stress
Keeping Wild Purple Urchins At Home | Reef2Reef Can anybody give me tips on how to care for these wild purple sea urchins I harvested from Half Moon Bay in NorCal? I have been keeping them in a bucket for now, and keeping the water cold I have a spare 5 gallon tank I can put them in if need be I'm just experimenting but if anyone has any