Baby Urchin

[YumSaltWater]

Found this guy today, camera wont pick him up but he is definately one of these...

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=591

I know the site gives info but i still want your opions!

is he going to hurt anything or should i yank him out?
He's really tiny.
don't know anything about urchins.

 

[aquaman3680]

My parents had one, kinda green, that came on the liverock for about a year. He never ventured out of his area... but he grinded the rock into sand... I would say you are fine with him...

Matt

 

[JFK_Jr]

I had one as a hitchhiker... It's grown pretty big. The spines are 5" long now but it's pretty careful moving around my corals without causing any trouble.

 

[Dentoid]

It always amazed me how these urchin maneuver about the rocks. I would see them when I was diving off the West Coast of Florida. It was fun to cut them inhalf and watch all the fish swarm around for lunch.

 

[saltwaterfarm]

I have one of the mine/pencil urchins that I found as a hitchhiker 4 or 5 months ago. It was the size of a pencil eraser (spines and all) now about the size of a quarter. Never goes very far... haven't noticed any harm. Good luck with your new hitchhiker!

 

[JFK_Jr]

Here's a pic of my long spine.

 

[Dentoid]

Stunning! Can you frag that? I'd like a piece.

 

[JFK_Jr]

Stunning! Can you frag that? I'd like a piece.

Sometimes it loses spines if I chase it away in order to stick my arm in the tank. I brushed up against it once... thank god it was so lite that it didn't puncture my skin. Otherwise... I would have fragged it with a vengeance!!!

 

[Dentoid]

There are some fish that like to hide among those hypodermic arrows, do any of your fish use them for protection? (ouch!)h:

 

[JFK_Jr]

There are some fish that like to hide among those hypodermic arrows, do any of your fish use them for protection? (ouch!)h:

None of my fish do... but I get scared sometimes around feeding time when my fish go nuts... a few close calls where I thought my tang would be speared!:tongue: