Urchin has a satellite dish!

[ckalupa]

Got this guy very small from an online source that sells captive bred. He went missing for a while in the rockwork. Showed up much larger and with this clam shell attached to his spines. It is well attached as we can not pull it with forceps. Should we just leave it? Been there since his return a week or two back.

 

[Silver14SS]

Yes, leave it, totally normal behavior. I very rarely see my urchins "au naturel."

https://www.orafarm.com/product/variegated-urchin/

Here's 2 that are out now.

 

[ckalupa]

Go figure- urchins that “accessorize”

 

[Silver14SS]

Here's a better picture from a minute ago. There's a live hermit crab in that shell, guess it has taxi service for the day.

 

[ckalupa]

I also have very large Mexican turbo snail that is fully covered in green hair algae. All you see is a ball of long hair algae that moves around the rockwork. Guess he needs a haircut.

 

[ChiSox Rabbitfish]

My urchin has been carrying a small batch of zoas for about a month now and the zoas don’t seem to mind

 

[Arrecife]

Mine has been carring a Limpet snail as a helmet for like a week now hahaha and has two empty shells also. Last time she carried a mushroom frag. I love my urchin.

 

[Rakie]

Urchin are awesome, especially if your frags are glued down lol

 

[Hemmdog]

Lol I love these pictures. Mines currently carrying a frag plug with some palys that were lost in my tank, he found them for me ! Haha

 

[Goodair]

Ubers of the sea.

 

[Hemmdog]

Still propagating those palys ! Looks like it acquired a trochus snail today too!

 

[Silver14SS]

Pretty good camo!

 

[Mariette]

Mine has been carring a Limpet snail as a helmet for like a week now hahaha and has two empty shells also. Last time she carried a mushroom frag. I love my urchin.

That’s a beautiful urchin you’ve got there. May I ask what kind it is?

 

[Mariette]

Lol I love these pictures. Mines currently carrying a frag plug with some palys that were lost in my tank, he found them for me ! Haha

You know someone’s gonna ask...picture please

 

[Mariette]

You know someone’s gonna ask...picture please

Oops. Never mind

 

[Hemmdog]

Oops. Never mind

As of this morning still rocking the frag lol. I even used tongs to take the frag plug off him a few days ago, he ran back over to it and picked it up again! Such a funny little guy!

 

[Mariette]

As of this morning still rocking the frag lol. I even used tongs to take the frag plug off him a few days ago, he ran back over to it and picked it up again! Such a funny little guy!

It’s official. That frag belongs to the urchin now. Let it go man. Let it go

 

[Arrecife]

That’s a beautiful urchin you’ve got there. May I ask what kind it is?

It is a Rose Pink Urchin. She is indeed beautiful! :)

 

[Silver14SS]

After lights out, snails should run when they see the big urchin coming!

 

[Dsnakes]

Terrible picture but my Red Tuxedo Urchin was wearing around a baby Jawbreaker Mushroom recently ;Hilarious