Pencil urchin care

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I have a pincushion urchin currently and i basically trained him to whever hes hungry just go up to the top of the water and i give him seaweed. I just went to the store and picked up a pencil urchin that i felt bad for cause he was in the tank with another dead one. He was only 15 bucks. How do i feed him seaweed, will he have a mouth like my pincushion? Or will he eat my clownfishes leftover food?
 
Same way, though training success can vary. When I had a bunch of urchins in my smaller tanks I'd rubberband seaweed to some small flat rocks. They were pretty adept at locating and scavenging it in short order.
Sick dude. I love my pincushion, hes bright white and basically like a dog, lots of personality and ive trained him.
 
I miss my green urchin. It would actually haul rocks with seaweed up to its lair since it was too lazy to move down to feast on it.
rest in piece dude, mine doesn’t really have a lair but that sounds awesome.
 

HOW MUCH DOES A FISH’S FEEDING REQUIREMENTS AFFECT YOUR STOCKING DECISIONS?

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