Urchin ID?

[FishyFishy!]

Anyone know what kind of urchin this is?

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c38/bilmaga/Mobile%20Uploads/20150331_183921_zpszyytrmux.jpg (http://s24.photobucket.com/user/bilmaga/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20150331_183921_zpszyytrmux.jpg.html)

[toytech]

Rock boring urchin?

[kien]

Looks like a Purple Collector Urchin.

[Skimmin]

2nd the rock boring urchin.

[TimT]

It's an Echinometra mathaei. Common burrowing urchin or boring urchin. They tend to come in as tiny juveniles in corals etc. Then they grow out in your tank.

[FishyFishy!]

Yeah im going with rock boring. I put a piece of live rock in my frag tank to test it and he was instantly burrowed into the cracks. Cool looking urchin though.

[kien]

I don't know what you guys are talking about. That urchin doesn't look boring at all. It looks quite exciting to me.

[FishyFishy!]

I don't know what you guys are talking about. That urchin doesn't look boring at all. It looks quite exciting to me.

Hahahaha

[Skimmer Juice]

I have had that urchin for about 8 years now , they are really cool and my bumble bee shrimp hangs out in him . Go get a bumblebee shrimp from oceans so he can have a driver lol

[FishyFishy!]

I have had that urchin for about 8 years now , they are really cool and my bumble bee shrimp hangs out in him . Go get a bumblebee shrimp from oceans so he can have a driver lol

Do they have a symbiotic relationship in the wild? I'll have to look into that. Seems like he'll be hiding in the rock a lot. I added a piece into the frag tank and he went right to it and burrowed

[kien]

I have had that urchin for about 8 years now , they are really cool and my bumble bee shrimp hangs out in him . Go get a bumblebee shrimp from oceans so he can have a driver lol

See! There's nothing boring about these urchins at all.

[FishyFishy!]

See! There's nothing boring about these urchins at all.

Lol! Yeah! Like symbiotic relationships, purple spines, white rings and weired looking chompers......how could that be boring!!!

I like the name "purple decorator velcro awesome not boring urchin" better.....or whatever kien named him...

[kien]

Lol! Yeah! Like symbiotic relationships, purple spines, white rings and weired looking chompers......how could that be boring!!!

I like the name "purple decorator velcro awesome not boring urchin" better.....or whatever kien named him...

Well, if you're taking suggestions, I would name him Bob. He looks like a Bob.

[FishyFishy!]

LOL

Ok then. Frag tank Bob he is!!

Ladies and gentleman....I present to you...in all his glory. ..FRAG TANK BOB!

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c38/bilmaga/Mobile%20Uploads/20150331_183914_zpslqqcdv2p.jpg (http://s24.photobucket.com/user/bilmaga/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20150331_183914_zpslqqcdv2p.jpg.html)

[toytech]

If he does become boring then heres an alternative for him

Baked Sea Urchin with Sea Urchin Butter
12 x sea urchins in shells
1 cup unsalted butter
freshly-ground white pepper
2 tbl fish stock
1 tbl heavy cream
1 pch cayenne pepper
Coarse salt to taste
1 tsp fresh lemon juice
Seaweed (optional)
1 whl lemon halved
Method :
Heat oven to 450 degrees. Cut away the flat bottom of the sea-urchin shell with scissors; pour away liquid. Scrape out membrane with the end of a spoon's handle. Set aside the six most attractive urchins in a baking dish.
Scoop the flesh out of the remaining six to yield about 1/2 cup. Pulse in food processor for 5 to 8 seconds. Add butter, and blend until thoroughly emulsified; add more butter if necessary. Press the urchin-butter mixture through a sieve with a spatula.
Bake the whole sea urchins 4 to 5 minutes.
Meanwhile, combine stock, cream, cayenne, salt, and pepper, to taste, in a small saucepan over medium heat. Add urchin-butter mixture, stirring constantly, until resulting emulsion thickens. Adjust seasoning; add lemon juice.
Remove sea urchins from oven. Arrange them on a bed of seaweed, drizzle with Sea Urchin Butter, and garnish with lemon halves.
Serves 2.

[Skimmer Juice]

not sure if they are symbiotic but my shrimp is always riding on the urchin .
Also my urchin goes literally everywhere he is visible quit often even though they do borough . Don't really have issues with it knocking stuff over which is nice

[reefwars]

ive kept a rock boring urchin in my overflow for about going on 3 yrs now lol he lives in a 8 x 6 x 12 box , there's nothing in there but coraline for him to eat and i dont feed the urchin anything and often forget hes in there for months on end just to keep finding him alive and bigger than before lol i use to pick him out of there but he kept insisting on going back so stay there he did :)