Urchins eat bubble algae?

I have one decent size bubble algae on a rock and my blue tux is on top of it. Are they known to eat this algae?

 

Not sure if they are known but maybe he will just end up popping it lol

 

i really hope he won't pop it, he's been on top of it for a few minutes now. I had a very small outbrake of bubble algae, and my emerald crab got the other ones but not this one, i really don't want to have more, now that the others are gone

 

yea i was thinking about that....hopefully he'll move around it and hopefully it is somewhere that your emerald can reach to get to it soon then

 

the rock is kind of like a cliff i've seen the crab try to get to it but then fall if the stupid urchin makes the bubble algae spread on the rock i think i'll have to temporarly move it for the crab to be able to get them, the urchin is still on top of the bubble algae, i don't want to move him off of it incase i cause him to pop it

 

well the urchin moved, and the bubble algae is gone, how long do i have until it spreads?

 

Hey Maybe you just found an eater of BA

Don;t worry if you keep your tank the way you are the spores will not have a chance to take hold

I want to see if they start to dissapear....that blu tux eats BA

 

lol that would be awesome. i was freaked at first with knowing how easily they are popped but he had been working on it for a few minutes so i really think he may have eaten it more than popped because i think if he would of popped it he wuold of just ran overr the thing and not stayed on the spot for a while. But who knows, i'll be watching that area for the next few days to see if any BA pops up

 

so far no bubble algae spores on the rock, i'm thinking he really did eat it

 

well another update.

still no signs of bubble aglae on the rock where the urchin. I think it's pretty awesome that Pokie *the urchin* now eats bubble alage, so with two bubble algae eaters in my tank, it doesn't stand a chance