Sea urchin

[James Moreno]

I picked up a blue tuxedo urchin form my lfs and can someone confirm it is one . Thanks

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[Crabs McJones]

I picked up a blue tuxedo urchin form my lfs and can someone confirm it is one . Thanks

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Hard to tell from the picture, but it appears to be :) As long as the lines between the spines are blue i'd say thats right :)

 

[nautical_nathaniel]

That looks more like a halloween urchin to me, basically the same as a blue tuxedo but grows larger.

 

[nautical_nathaniel]

What's throwing me off is the orange spines, all the blue tuxedos I have seen have tannish and white-ish spines.

 

[KJ]

Tripneustes gratilla

 

[James Moreno]

Ok cool as long as it’s reef safe , thank you

 

[nautical_nathaniel]

Ok cool as long as it’s reef safe , thank you

Just make sure your rocks are all stabilized and secure enough that the urchin can push or pull them over. Any loose corals, shells, small rocks, and even hermit crabs will be picked up and moved around as well. They're pretty tough for such a little critter.

 

[Crabs McJones]

Tripneustes gratilla

@KJ I hope you fully understand, that you could totally be making up words and we'd believe you LOL! ;Hilarious;Hilarious;Hilarious

 

[James Moreno]

Just make sure your rocks are all stabilized and secure enough that the urchin can push or pull them over. Any loose corals, shells, small rocks, and even hermit crabs will be picked up and moved around as well. They're pretty tough for such a little critter.

I originally did secure the rocks for a goby and all my corals are glued down because the crabs were constantly knocking them over !!

 

[nautical_nathaniel]

I originally did secure the rocks for a goby and all my corals are glued down because the crabs were constantly knocking them over !!

You should be good to go then :)

 

[James Moreno]

You should be good to go then :)

Thanks for all the help :)

 

[stylaster]

also be careful if you have an acrylic tank they will scratch the viewing panes by their chewing action

 

[James Moreno]

also be careful if you have an acrylic tank they will scratch the viewing panes by their chewing action

That’s good to know for the future !