The You Tell Me Poll

I don't think it hit your coral.

 

I voted yes, that's my guess

 

I have honestly never seen an urchin eating coral but I have seen them eating coralline. I don't believe this urchin is eating your coral. Eating coralline is just as bad IMO though. Just sayin. I want that purple stuff in my tank.

 

The final pic!

Ok I thought this would be an interesting poll.

Here is the final pic!


Lights off pic by the time he left but it does show that the urchin just ate a patch off the rock and left the coral alone.

The urchin was touching the montipora though and freaking me out a bit.

But he was cool and I love my halloween tuxedo urchin. He keeps my tank nice and clean with his algae grazing and leaves my coral be. Well, now that I have them all glued down. ;D



matt

It's a rock? Not sure I follow here Trent - are you talking about what the undata is on?

 

Baaaaaayuummmmmmmmm

 

I trust nothing in my tank these days.

 

My bad, I thought it was a mariculture plug... like the ones that wild corals come in on. As in this picture: http://dev.bluezooaquatics.com/images/products/Corals/large/MC_Acro_ps.jpg

Those usually have nasty algae and bacteria in/on them.

 

Oh joy. Good to know. Thanks

 

I was wrong ....looks like the majority know their urchinsn

 

You're not so wrong oldfish..... mine ripped right through a coral. I don't believe that was it's intentions, but it killed them all the same.