are pincushion urchins reef safe???

[xd]

i was wondering if pin cushipn urchins are reef safe, cuz i want one but not if it is gojng to eat my corals.

 

[nls82580]

not really they have potential to do some damge if you are lucky they wont but i wouldnt take the chance

 

[nls82580]

i have a pencil urchin though and he seems to be doing fine they're pretty cool looking too

 

[reefstar22]

I have an urchant in my tank. - He is black with LOOOOOOOOONG spikes. - He rocks. - Has never hurt any fish...etc - But he does have a tendency to eat my coralline algae

 

[petjunkie]

They are reef safe but they will move any frags not securely glued down and eat coralline algea.

 

[xd]

what i meant was will they eat any of my corals? and do you think one pincushion urchin will eat all the coraline algea in my 29 gallon tank?

 

[ninjamini]

I have 4 urchins all hitchhikers.
1 pincushion for 3 years and dont do a thing but does knock over frags all the time.
1 that I cant id and he is fine as well
I also have 2 urchins. They will and do eat polyps. Munch munch munch. They also eat algae. I pulled them from the main tank when i figured this out and moved them down to the refrigum. Where they began to desimate my cheato. Then i moved them to a rock only tank.

 

[jessica47421]

same here i had one and it didnt bother anything just knocked over all my frags.

 

[xd]

ok thx.