Bad Urchin!

jeffjcet

New Member
Found my black long spine urchin munching on coral a few days ago!
In 24 hrs it had eaten 2 colonies of mushrooms and was working on a third.
The urchin had been in my tank for about 5 months, and with the coral for 3 with no problems. There was plenty of algea for it to eat it just developed a taste for shrooms I guess?
Oh well, I guess I will be buying a snail clean up crew soon since the killer is history. Just some info for urchin owners out there.
 

weberian

Member
I had a long spine that I suspected ate a little of my Ricordia. I did NOT witness the event however. I still think it is a toss-up of who did it - a large Peppermint Shrimp, or the Urchin.
 
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