Clean the tuxedo urchin?

[DanH86]

I bought a tuxedo urchin to graze on some hair algae I had. Its done a great job, there’s only a small amount left but the urchin has stuck lots of hair algae to itself and it looks to be growing on it - the thing looks like it is wearing a wig almost as big as itself! Do I attempt to pull the algae off it or leave it alone?

 

[NS Mike D]

I clean mine but it's up to you. They pick up debris which I assume is for camouflage

 

[DanH86]

Thanks, I’ll give it a clean, didn't want to hurt it by attempting to pull bits off.

 

[NS Mike D]

I have long tweezers so I can pick stuff off (it comes off easily) with little disturbance to the urchin

 

[TinyWood]

Mine is very matted I do believe I'm going to try to clean him today thanks for the post , but I love his coral hat they dont seem to be hurting anything