Sea Urchin Fall

[Kay_C_Oh]

My tuxedo Urchin just fell off a rock. I had to roll him to get back right side up, but now there's some sort of cloud or stream coming from him. Is he okay????

 

[vetteguy53081]

My tuxedo Urchin just fell off a rock. I had to roll him to get back right side up, but now there's some sort of cloud or stream coming from him. Is he okay????

Cloud is due to stress and when it feels threatened. un carbon if not already and should be fine

 

[Kay_C_Oh]

My tuxedo Urchin just fell off a rock. I had to roll him to get back right side up, but now there's some sort of cloud or stream coming from him. Is he okay????

Cloud is due to stress and when it feels threatened. un carbon if not already and should be fine

Okay, I thought it might be something like that. Didn't know for sure. Thank you

 

[Paul B]

He, or she is releasing eggs or sperm. As Vette said, they do that when they are stressed. They are very sensitive as to water conditions and if it "fell" off a rock, he isn't doing too well because they can hang on to rocks even in the surf zone on a violent beach.

I once had 24 of them do that at the same time. I used to have an urchin collection business.