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thmh 10-31-2013 04:19 AM

Is this a friend or a foe?
 
Is this a badie? http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/10/31/va8ajysu.jpg

~Tony

The Grizz 10-31-2013 04:42 AM

Looks like a tiny long spike urchin to me, notorious for moving corals and eating coraline. Personal I like them but when they get big they are a PITA.

lpsreefer 10-31-2013 04:57 AM

Black pencil urchin is what it looks like to me. Eucidaris tribuloides
Or try looking up. Echinometra sp.

asylumdown 10-31-2013 05:12 AM

It kind of looks like a rock boring urchin to me, but it's hard to tell in that light. Is it uniformly black in real life or does it have any colour to it?

mrhasan 10-31-2013 05:13 AM

Did you eat too much of those popcorn tony? :lol:

thmh 10-31-2013 05:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by asylumdown (Post 855313)
It kind of looks like a rock boring urchin to me, but it's hard to tell in that light. Is it uniformly black in real life or does it have any colour to it?

It's 100% black






Quote:

Originally Posted by mrhasan (Post 855315)
Did you eat too much of those popcorn tony? :lol:

Yes I had a lot of those!


~Tony

eli@fijireefrock.com 10-31-2013 05:38 AM

I have 2 of those in my system came on a wild coral shipments...harmless between all my rock work never bothered anything...neat and interesting species.

noirsphynx 10-31-2013 05:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by asylumdown (Post 855313)
It kind of looks like a rock boring urchin to me

+1

spit.fire 10-31-2013 08:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by noirsphynx (Post 855326)
+1

+2 I have 3 of them in my tank from liverock

thmh 10-31-2013 02:09 PM

Thanks guys!

~Tony


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