Urchins - Good or Bad???

I wanted to get peoples thoughts.

I bought an urchin, all white, i like it but it is a pain, knocking over frags and eating coraline algae.

Keep it or get rid of it?

 

Cool lookin urchin. In my experience they're clumbsy, eat all the coralline, but seem to be one of my most asked about pieces of livestock in the tank.

 

I like my urchin alot i dont mind that it eats all types of algae. But like you said its clumbsy as heck and well carries around anything lite enuff it can pick up corals included. So i have learned to putty or glue things down i dont want moved around the tank..


Good Luck..!!

 

Keeping it or not is entirely up to you.
You can always secure your frags better
I got rid of mine because of how deeply nocturnal they are. Didn't like something I rarely got to observe taking up precious space in my small system. I may get another once my big tank is up and running though.

 

They also have a tendency to damage corals, especially lps. If you have a bubble or frogspawn, torch or even acans, the spines can easily injure the polyps.