Mando77 February 19, 2012 February 19, 2012 I saw this critter and couldn't pass him up. I know littlle about them, but was told it was Reef safe. I haven't seen them around to much so I wanted to get this. If anyone has anymore information on these urchins please let me know. There is almost nothing online about them. He has got the best color on an urchin I have ever seen. I usually don't make impulse purches, but I had to get this.The pic is actuall pretyy bad, but wanted to show what he looked like.
flowerseller February 19, 2012 February 19, 2012 many urchins are known to knock stuff over as they bulldoze around and to eat coralline algae. Neat looking.
jaddc February 20, 2012 February 20, 2012 Looks like a mespilia globulus or tuxedo urchin. Chip is right but I recall that the tuxedo is gentler than most urchins because the spins are shorter. They will chow on coralline, but it grows back pretty fast.
treesprite February 20, 2012 February 20, 2012 I really like small urchins, but as Chip said, they plow over things.
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