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2019年3月6日 · - Some species can be venomous (long spine, obviously, but flower urchins sting via their tube feet) Tuxedo urchins are usually the best specimens, but the purple pincushion urchins are usually good too. Stay away from pencil urchins as they eat coral.
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2023年10月13日 · Need your help. I LOVE sea urchins but have been told that they will eat my corals..I LOVE my corals and been very successful One person tried to sell me a purple sea urchin it looks very healthy but was told the only one that will not bother and eat my corals is a tuxedo urchin but then I am told they are hard to keep.
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2012年6月29日 · Sea urchin injuries are common because sea urchins are common. Divers encounter sea urchins in almost every body of salt water, including all of the world’s oceans. Rocky shores and shallow, sandy areas are some of the sea urchin’s favorite habitats. Shore divers need to take care to avoid steeping on urchins when wading shallow water. Sea ...
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2016年12月18日 · Sea urchins are incredibly fascinating to me and amazing algae grazers! I've never had the courage to house a long spine urchin, but have kept pincushions, tuxedos and currently have a short spine urchin which I never see since it's nocturnal. When I had the others, I could sit and watch them for hours. So neat.
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2018年4月22日 · Years ago when I started my tank, I used Florida wild rock, and among the many cool things attached to it was quite a few small rock boring urchins. I liked them a lot and they survived for a number of years. Bigger urchins can become a pain as they knock things over, and they can devastate the coralline in a reef tank by eating it.
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2020年5月11日 · I haves 180 with 2 rock urchins. I have had the urchins for more than 10 years and have never manually fed them anything. They munch on coralline algae all day long. So people are right in recommending that you have a healthy amount of coralline before getting urchins. Here’s mine eating a “bubble” of coralline. Also don’t clean your glass.
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2020年7月16日 · Fire urchins apparently sting quite a bit more than a bee sting (not something I personally chose to put to the test). Don't forget green urchins. I had an awesome green urchin that we called "Godzilla". He would lift (not just move) rocks.
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2019年4月21日 · I've seen various threads mentioning this topic, and it seems like some urchins eat sea stars, and some sea stars eat urchins, but I haven't seen any definitive lists or answers. If there's an article or chart with a complete list please link! I have a long spine urchin and pink urchin, and the better half really wants a colorful starfish.
what do you feed sea urchins when he has cleaned your tank?
2020年5月1日 · I have a pincushion sea urchin that I occasionally will feed a piece of nori (Julian Sprung's Sea Veggies green seaweed) to keep him happy. Typically I have enough film algae for him to stay satisfied but he sometimes goes after coralline algae when he's not getting enough to eat. That's when I tend to feed him some nori.
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2020年2月18日 · After seen my sea urchins carrying snail shells, rocks on their back I decide to read more about it. Studies reviewed the possible reasons would be to protect themselves against predators and/or full-spectrum light source, mainly against UV rays. Then I decided to do a quick design for a 3d printed hat, and for my surprise they absolutely love it.