Elizzy Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 My BF texted that picture to my phone with "Houston, we got a problem." I just started laughing, maniacally. I bought the little urchin to take care of the hair algae that resurrected itself from a live rock (had I known better, I would've scrubbed that crap off before putting it in the tank)... I was half tempted to leave coral on urchin - it seemed happy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Melissa Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 Decorator urchins! lol I have one too that somehow managed to get some monty stuck to his back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 Lol, I had the same problem with mine. Every day I was prying frags, snails and crabs from him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derekreefer Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 Very Cool purple urchin ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timfish Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 I had one do the same thing but when they disappeared it couldn't remember where it dropped them and I never saw them again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaJMasta Posted November 13, 2010 Share Posted November 13, 2010 Mine has been wearing a pair of green zoas for almost a month now. He's also picked up and worn a patch of turf algae (the same stuff I've watched him eat), some misc shells, and one of the planted macroalgaes. Not exactly sure how this stuff is supposed to be camouflage when he's climbing on the glass, but whatever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NonSequitur Posted November 13, 2010 Share Posted November 13, 2010 Mine loves to carry xenia, then drop it into the nearest powerhead when he's done with it (why i have no more xenia in my tank). He's also hauled around snails, hermits, various corals (killed 2 chalices, more than a couple of zoas, every birdsnest I've put in the tank recently), an algae clip with algae in it (that was fun for the rabbitfish, eating on the go). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crab Rangoon Posted November 14, 2010 Share Posted November 14, 2010 My two original urchins introduced at the tank's start have been wearing some stuff for 2-3 months now. One has a sort-of tile of coraline algae he wears as a hat, the other carries a 1" hard tube-worm shell like it were a cane but they both refuse to drop them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robb in Austin Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 Mine's full of GHA and a touch of cyano now. Looks like a reef ChiaPet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Hydro Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 That's nothing, can your urchin do this??? Everything in the center of the pic is attached, even the clam and pvc pipe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acropoorer Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 That's nothing, can your urchin do this??? Everything in the center of the pic is attached, even the clam and pvc pipe. Very clever how you piled all that stuff on top of your urchin to one up Elizzy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 Haha, mine does that too! It is good for a slightly annoyed laugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Hydro Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 No way man, that's how I found him this morning. Derek you nailed it, I have very mixed emotions about that guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timfish Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 Hydro, I've got to wonder what you're doing that your urchin is going to such extremes to try to hide? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Hydro Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 He is a purple ninja urchin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elizzy Posted December 20, 2010 Author Share Posted December 20, 2010 HAHA just read the rest of this thread...awesome! Picked a couple of turbos and have decided to rehome this urchin. He does a great job of stripping everything from rocks - including coralline. Will throw in the coral frag hat for free. PM me if interested. Thanks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Hydro Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 I ended up putting mine in my refugium, he is doing great in there eating all of the algae on the glass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ACampbell Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 That's not an urchin, it's a katamari. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eel Keeper Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 Sounds like they would be fun to have for about two days, and then get old. Glad I read this before ever getting one. I have a long spine urchin. Do these guys do anything near as crazy? Mine seems to just do his own thing like clean the filter to the protien skimmer. Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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