Urchins?

[robertpower3]

yeah iagree with matt and kim thos pecil urchins destroy every thing. they knock over any thing that comes in there path and they are aggressive towards corals :evil:

[manny]

What size tank did you have that tuxedo urchin in ratboy?

[Tim Marvin]

Hmm, I guess I'd better get the pencil out of the frag tank that it has been living in all this time if you guys say he will start eating them. I also have a long spine and a tuxedo. They all seem to work great at keeping things clean.

[MikeP]

Hmm, I guess I'd better get the pencil out of the frag tank that it has been living in all this time if you guys say he will start eating them. I also have a long spine and a tuxedo. They all seem to work great at keeping things clean.

Not a given but pencils will eat sessile invertebrates - if there is sufficient algae to graze on he may be ignoring the corals - if you are still using those same rubbermaid stock tanks they had a lot of algae on those screens didn't they?

[matt]

Tim;

That's because your urchin is the less popular "number 3" pencil urchin, while the well known "number 2" variety will surely eat everything in sight. :roll:

[Tim Marvin]

Actually, all the light grate has been removed and there is no algae growing in there anymore except for the coralline. They are out in the greenhouse and have gone through another diatom bloom after moving, but little algae growth now. The corals have all really started to colored up though.

[Jimnorris]

I have two tuxes in my tank. One is most helpful in that he helps me position frags in the tank?????
Jim

[witecap4u]

I banished my pencil urching to the refug. where there is plenty of corraline for him to munch on. I actually for got I had him till this post, so I went and checked him out, and he's still there, with a bunch of little critters running around al over him.....

BTW, I never saw him munch any corals, he just like to throw the around....hehe

[alexwolf]

i have a HUGE diatom outbreak in my 135.....i got 6 enormous mex turbos and they are just laying there, useless jerks.....maybe i can get one of these...........any ideas?

[georgetownreefer]

I have a pencil urchin and he ate one of my starfish a while back.....I don't think i would ever have another one should i chose later to buy another tank....

Misty