I suppose I need not bother callin' then...too bad as I was lookin' forward to all that electronic messaging. :wink:
I just returned home from my weekly, LFS tour. What a waste of gas that was ! I did run into Bob at Wai's so that was worth the price of admission... :wink: Those Copperband Butterfly's sure did look good. Had to get out of there fast. Evil temptation but I must stick to my game plan. (When I figure out what that is...).
I almost bought a small, long spined black urchin. Does any of you keep any of those ? I think they're so cool but I've heard/read that they can become destructive to "rockwork" when they're larger ?

I bought a tiny one from Wai's a while ago. He/she/it got so big that I returned him in an ice cream bucket when I moved. Munches on the coralline, but the algae grows back.

Mitch

tango -

I have a long spined urchin...the spines do get very long..I'd say mine has spines around 6-8" and they are still growing... he munch on corraline, but also on other types of algae - he spent all last night chowing on some macros

they are really cool, probably one of my tank favs right now. This is also because I alsmost lost him in the beginning. Lost all his spines, could hardly move about, just hung out in the corner. But slowly he recovered...and is now super active.

I tried to capture him the other day to see if he would do some pruning in the sump...no luck....they can move quick when they want to.


another plus...they look hilarious when they poop...perfect little spherical droppings.

That is why we build doors on our bathrooms, so people don't watch us poop. :D :D :oops: :lol:

I had to get the jump on Deb here. I want to be first with a comment. :wink: :wink: :shock:

I have one in my tank and a small part of one in my thumb again :x

they move fast??? ok if a ball of spikes is exciting, i need one. and come to think about it i really thought debs was cool.

Debs sea urchine is a really neat looking little creature. Very different from most of the other urchines available at the LFS.

Josh

The tuxedo urchin is a very hardy and comical addition. He keeps taking the thermometer on tours..... :lol: