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So I read the warnings about pincushion urchins being bulldozers without a real understanding of what that meant until adding my first frags. How do you keep them from pushing them around? We've had a pretty good relationship for a few months but I can't help feel it's intentionally knocking my stuff over at this point.
 

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There is no way to negotiate with urchins. Plus looks like they have preferred frags and rocks, no matter where I put them after taking them off he goes and pick them up again, here is mine carrying a zoa frag hat, plus my GSP rock that is almost his size.

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It's what they do. Great camouflage.

I don't think there's much you can really do about it besides anchoring the frags down with glue, or putting them somewhere the urchin physically cannot go.
 

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