Will pencil urchin eat gsp or toadstool coral

[Kapachuka3]

Thinking about getting gsp and toadstool leather. I have a pincushion urchin and a pencil urchin. I want to get gsp and toadstool letaher coral will the urchins eat these. I am able to move the pencil urchin into another tank possibly.

 

[dvgyfresh]

Yes pencil urchins eat everything lol , they most likely wont go after it but if there’s algae on GSP or it’s weakened the urchin will eat it. I had one that ate two perfectly healthy feather duster worms tho

 

[Kapachuka3]

Yes pencil urchins eat everything lol , they most likely wont go after it but if there’s algae on GSP or it’s weakened the urchin will eat it. I had one that ate two perfectly healthy feather duster worms tho

I have a 10 gallon with a clown in it, would it be adviseable to move him into that or is that too small. Hes a pretty tiny urchin.

 

[dvgyfresh]

I have a 10 gallon with a clown in it, would it be adviseable to move him into that or is that too small. Hes a pretty tiny urchin.

Ye that would be fine just be sure to feed some nori for it

 

[Jekyl]

Don't think I would add GSP. Unless you have a rock that is minimum 4 or 5" away from everything else.

 

[Kapachuka3]

Don't think I would add GSP. Unless you have a rock that is minimum 4 or 5" away from everything else.

Yeah ive heard that they spread as fast as hepatitis, but i think id be sick to have it take over most of my rocks then have an island for the toadstool.

 

[bnord]

GSP it is a good early filler and colorful, but be sure - as above - keep it away from your main scape

that said, I have it on my back wall of a 15G peninsula and it is not a problem - tends not to grow down, mostly up and looks nice

And a pencil urchin will clean rock down to white, and if you don't have algae and or Coraline, it will likely go dormant

I have 2 in a larger tank and never seen them near corals, but there is a blanket of Coraline

I get the sense they have a much lower metabolism than other urchins

 

[Kapachuka3]

GSP it is a good early filler and colorful, but be sure - as above - keep it away from your main scape

that said, I have it on my back wall of a 15G peninsula and it is not a problem - tends not to grow down, mostly up and looks nice

And a pencil urchin will clean rock down to white, and if you don't have algae and or Coraline, it will likely go dormant

I have 2 in a larger tank and never seen them near corals, but there is a blanket of Coraline

I get the sense they have a much lower metabolism than other urchins

Sounds good man, just to make sure, i have a pincushion urchin about the size of a baseball, i feed him nori but would he hurt coral at all.