Nice Urchin grow'n fast

Heres a couple of pix that I took of my Urchin...I got him about 6 months ago...size of a golf ball...look at him now. I think I will be trade'n him in.
He's have'n a bit of a time traversing the rock work. ...but it is amazing the places he can squeeze into !! wonderful cleaner of all kinds of "stuff" : )




His mouth side...



top side.. : ) I cal lhim my window cleaner !!

Enjoy... Have a great day everyone !!

LG

 

Are they hard to keep? I've been watching them @ the LFS for a long time, but never got one.

 

In my opinion ...easy...He has never bothered any corals and I have not had any issues with much haze on my glass since he's been around....he is the greatest glass/rock cleaner I've had....I hope my next one is as adaptable.
..every now and then I see the flame angel with a blue dot on her...cant be fly'n around in super fast mode when he's stretching out. : ) lol He will sting you...but its temporary pain..but pain none the less....I think the tank mates learn real quick.

 

Nice. Yeah, mine eats coralline but I don't care. I find that more experienced reefers get tired of too much coralline growth anyway so he's keeping it under control.

 

..never gave it much thought...but, now that ya mention it...My coralline growth is very moderate for the params.....another good reason for the super cool urch. : )
LG

 

when urchins poop out the coralline thouhg it preads it faster. or its supposed to anyways. urchin are cool!

 

You don't have to trade him in. With some thick dishwashing gloves, you can give it a "haircut" with VERY sharp scissors.

 

Curt...Sounds like a plan...I guess as long as you don't go too close?
...leave, say, 3 inches?

 

Wow! That's a big boy!! Lol Pretty neat. Good luck giving him a hair cut!!

 

I am looking to buy one but they say reef with causion. have you had any problems?