Urchin Eating Toadstool

[Jers_Reef]

Battling a plague nuisance algae. Appears to be Lyngbya vs. thought initially was GHA. Picked up a couple urchins at the advice of LFS. Here we are: seems the urchin is hungry and uninterested in the mats of nasty brown strands all around. And why would he want to eat that junk when there’s toadstool on the menu?!

Several hours stuck on the side of my coral and finally pulled him off. Enough already! Big chunk taken out…. Sigh. Hopefully urchin can find other algae to munch!

 

[smitten with ocean life]

weird! i have had both and never had an urchin bother my toadstool.

 

[exnisstech]

I keep pincushions with leathers including large and small toadstool and have never had an issue. I'm sick of them carrying stuff around but they're the best rock cleaners I've had.