[boombadan]

Hi, I was wondering if you could put a pincushion sea urchin in a refugium(would it get enough food?).. I do not know much about them so i would appreciate it if you shared your knowledge with me.

thankks,
Dan

[Tonz of fun]

I have heard of everything else except that. I have no idea. Do you have lots of rock?

[boombadan]

Well i have not constructed it yet but plan to put a few rocks in it.

[boombadan]

If im not mistaken, they eat purple line algea right?

[Tonz of fun]

They like the rocks and the glass. They will eat all types of algea. Mine today cleaned my rock of all the coralline algea im so pissed lol.

[boombadan]

That sucks.. so im guessing i should wait untill my refugium matures and grows algea before i atempt to put in a urchin, right? What kind of urchin do you have?

[Tonz of fun]

Black long spined urchine, also known as the blue eyed urchin. I would wait until he has some food to eat

[boombadan]

Those things look sick i wouldnt want to get one of the spines in me tho Thanks for the help.

[Tonz of fun]

Its happened to me 3 times. One time the spine got in me and I couldnt get it out. It was irritated for a couple days...Its not that bad.

[boombadan]

o iv heard about ppl having to go to the hospital and stuff..

[Tonz of fun]

People also have to go to the hospital for eating a peanut. If your allergic it could be bad. I can also tell you first hand that New Mexico scorpions and black widows are also not deadly...

[e_baer]

dont put your urchin in your fuge!

the whole point of a fuge is to have a place where the algae can grow and the pods can grow in the algae, and the entire circle in that fige will help get the nitrates and stuff out of the water. if the urchin comes in and eats all the algae, what is the point of a fuge?

[boombadan]

O i see your point..

[Tonz of fun]

Thats probally why I have never heard of it. I have heard of putting critters in your refugium to help "control" the algea. Besides urchines get really big really quick.

[boombadan]

I have a friend who had one in theyre refugium but i talked to him and found out the was only because it was eating his purpleline algea and he gave it to the fishstore a week later..

[boombadan]

Thankks for the help.

p.s. Tonz of fun i love those shades

[Tonz of fun]

HAHA there my wifes. Not my RB wife my axtual wifes. I rock in them lol.

[e_baer]

they are pretty sweet.

[Tonz of fun]

Thanks, I am pretty gangster with them on. I shoot people.

[bri74]

hey Tonz of fun does your black urchin eat the hell out of leftover food in your tank? after he is done scrounging he goes back to the algae

[Tonz of fun]

No all my crabs do that. I just never clean the back glass or powerheads. My urchin stays busy with them.