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06-03-2003, 03:45 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: indiana
Posts: 70
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sea urchins
i was wondering if anybody ha any comments on adding a sea urcin to a tank. my overall plan is to have a mini reef with mostly mushroom , xenia , and polyps. what do you think?
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06-03-2003, 03:53 PM
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Professional newbie!
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Waukesha, WI
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I have a shadow vessel (urchin) in my tank and he cruises around with little to no muss or fuss. I have the spiny type and not the tuxedo. Generally I believe them to be quite helpful to a reef provided you DO NOT TRY TO PET THEM! 
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06-03-2003, 05:02 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Toronto
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Or eat them as sushi
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06-03-2003, 06:00 PM
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It's me again
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Scottsdale,AZ
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How mini is a mini reef? some can get very large.
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06-03-2003, 10:56 PM
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shark bait
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: south of the north pole
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i got an urchin as a hitch hiker. found out later that it was a rock burrowing urchin. i was always amazed by the "grip" it had, and was never able to get it out until recently. i plan on taking it back to the lfs where i got the rock, and seeing if i can get store credit for it
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06-03-2003, 10:57 PM
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Eat more PIE
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Florida Panhandle
Posts: 18,610
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I want a Blue Tuxedo like Brooke has 
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06-04-2003, 10:07 AM
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Reefer Man
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Reno, Nevada
Posts: 576
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I have a pencil urchin and he has eaten through colonies of xenia as well as leaving large white stripes on my live rock, eating coralline alga. Ended up moving him to the death tank. |
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06-04-2003, 10:43 AM
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The Border Collie Mod
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: right now? in my chair
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I think I would stay away from urchins in a small tank. They need a lot of grazing room.
This was Doug  about three years ago. He's now softball sized.
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06-04-2003, 11:43 AM
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Reef Tank Widow
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Middle Of Nowhere, NC
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Spanky - what size tank does Doug live in? He's beautiful (Geoff, take notes)...
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06-04-2003, 02:05 PM
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Reefless Reefer
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Durham, NC
Posts: 20,559
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urchins are also a little clumbsy. they can be bulldozers. i would not recommend them to anybody who has small frags they are trying to get encrusted onto the LR. the really pointy ones can tear up some LPS.
newfiemom-you can have anything you want in your tank.
my .02,
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06-04-2003, 02:18 PM
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The Border Collie Mod
Join Date: Feb 2001
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Quote:
Originally posted by Newfiemom
Spanky - what size tank does Doug live in? He's beautiful (Geoff, take notes)...
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Doug lives in a 450.
Here's a more recent picture
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