Sea urchin shell broken will it be okay?

[zachtyd]

Hello! I was rescaling my tank and my tuxedo was in the wavemaker and I didn’t see it when I grabbed it and I got pricked and the force of me grabbing the wavemaker broke a piece of its shell off, will it be okay? It’s been cruising around still

 

[reef lover]

Got a pic? If its just the spines should be ok.

 

[zachtyd]

I’m not home right now but no it’s an actual piece of it’s shell

 

[reef lover]

Im not sure then...hopefully someones had some experience.

 

[Halal Hotdog]

It depends how bad it is broken. They can survive a lot, but a significant break in the test can absolutely lead to death

 

[zachtyd]

It depends how bad it is broken. They can survive a lot, but a significant break in the test can absolutely lead to death

It’s about a 1” by 1/2” piece

 

[Bret Brinkmann]

What is the size of the urchin itself?

 

[zachtyd]

What is the size of the urchin itself?

It actually ended up dying, my fat a** filefish ate its insides when I was gone, but it was about 3” diameter