Main Menu
| |
Get on the Map!
| |
Forum Menu
| | 
02-17-2008, 09:08 PM
|
#1 (permalink)
| | Skunk Shrimp
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Monmouth County, New Jersey Age: 51
Posts: 253
|  New Tuxedo(urchin)
A visit to the LFS ended with a new tuxedo.
I was assured by the owner and another customer, (who also bought one to add to the ones he already has), that they love hair algea and won,t bother corals. I trust the owner,s word so I bought it.
Just wanted to know if anyone here has one and do you like it.
Thanks
_________
SETUP-3Reef shirt&bumper sticker,90gal Tank, 250 watt Heater, . 40lbs live sand , 40lbs L/R - 4x65watt PC , Mag12 return pump, 30 gal sump/fuge
FISH-1 Blue Throat Trigger,1 Yellow Watchman, 2 Green Chromis,1 Maroon clown,1 squirrel fish,Lawnmower Blenny
CORAL--Purple Zoanths, , Toadstool , Finger leather, Trumpet,Star polyps
INVERTS-2 Feather Dusters,1 bristle star, 10 mixed snails, 15 blue leg hermits,2 Tuxedo urchins | 
|  | | Reef Links |  | |
02-17-2008, 09:15 PM
|
#2 (permalink)
| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 44
Karma: 6
 |
I have a blue tuxedo urchin (Mespilia globulus) and i love it! it ate all my ugly brown slimy/hairy and has not touched my coraline/corals. As a bonus, it is diurnal, so i see it alot. I have had it for about 4 months and it has grown alot. IME totally reef safe | |
| | |
02-17-2008, 09:20 PM
|
#3 (permalink)
| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 44
Karma: 6
|
brow/hariy *algae* | |
| | |
02-17-2008, 09:21 PM
|
#4 (permalink)
| | Flamingo Tongue
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Humboldt SD Age: 22
Posts: 117
Karma: 41
|
would those be ok with damsels? | |
| | |
02-17-2008, 09:25 PM
|
#5 (permalink)
| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Meriden, Connecticut Age: 44
Posts: 3,951
   |
Urchins will rid nuisance as well as beneficial algae, most importantly coralline algae! Also, most are cumbersome and will knock over corals and rock work possibly causing a myriad of problems. The best urchin in my opinion is the Black Diadema(Long-Spined) urchin! _________ 125gal.w/Mag9.5 return(dual megaflow)>Mag7 pump Aqua Cev180skimmer.Wave2k Hamilton Reefstar(2)250watthqi(mh)pend.a Yellow, Naso Tang Red Lip Blenny Percula Clown Demoiselles Niger Trigger F. Wrasses Ceriantharia Orn.Shrimp and Stars Hermits Queen Conch asst. snails> Stars Zoos shrooms Montipora Brains Gorgonians Favia Turbinaria(large+small polyp) Acropora Xenia Tridacna (CroceaMaximaSquamosa) Leathers <35+75gal.reef tank as well> 
"IF THE PHONE DOESN'T RING...IT'S ME"  jb  | |
| | |
02-18-2008, 08:05 AM
|
#6 (permalink)
| | Peppermint Shrimp
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Detroit, Michigan
Posts: 428
|
I have two in my damsel tank, and they are just fine, mine likes to have a place to hide though during the day, so make sure they have a rock or something to hide in or if you have a sand bottom they will burrow in that!
_________
120g, 3 niger triggers, 2 tomato's, 2 puffers, 2 anglers,
eel, lrg black lion
5g, 4 baby black ociis, haitian, rock and bubble tip anemone, frogspawn, hammers, candycanes, blue ricordia, zenia, leather, plate coral, peppermint shrimp, yellow jawfish, porcelain anemone crab, lrg ass. bristle worms | |
| | |
02-18-2008, 08:10 AM
|
#7 (permalink)
| | Flamingo Tongue
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Parksville, BC
Posts: 119
|
I have one as well, other than the one rock he cleaned all the coraline off I love him! | |
| | |
02-20-2008, 02:20 PM
|
#8 (permalink)
| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: London, UK
Posts: 80
Karma: 8
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by coral reefer  Urchins will rid nuisance as well as beneficial algae, most importantly coralline algae! Also, most are cumbersome and will knock over corals and rock work possibly causing a myriad of problems. The best urchin in my opinion is the Black Diadema(Long-Spined) urchin! | Amen to that, mine knocked over my blue sponge today :O i'de just about found it a place where it was happy.
Still gotta love them little spiky dudes  | |
| | |
02-20-2008, 03:15 PM
|
#9 (permalink)
| | Peppermint Shrimp
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Detroit, Michigan
Posts: 428
|
mine has now collected pieces of shells and bottom stuff to camoflauge (i cant spell) himself, looks funny | |
| | |
02-20-2008, 04:04 PM
|
#10 (permalink)
| | Peppermint Shrimp
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: CT Age: 31
Posts: 416
|
Yeah they will eat coralline but while eating it they also help it spread. They will pickup anything light enough to stick to themselves as well for camo so that can be a pain, but also pretty nice to have traveling zoos, ricordea polyps and other things. They're also nice that they don't get too huge. Long spine urchins grow extremely large. I just had to remove one from a customers 75 gallon and it took up the entire bottom, side to side of a 5 gallon bucket. It was a painful venture. Good for breeding banggai cardinals though. | |
| | | Reef Links |  | 
Posting Rules
| You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off | | | All times are GMT -7. The time now is 06:49 PM. |
