sea urchins?

[samster]

guys how are sea urchins in tanks? can they be used as scavangers? to help clean the tank abit?

 

[inline6]

I heard they need alot of algae.
FT has them real cheap, i think $6.99

 

[herman]

Sure they will clean up along with some stuff you dont want them to clean. There are so many species of Urchin, you have to specify. Some are ok in a reef and some are horrible.......

 

[samster]

lols 20$ for long spines in FT kind of attractive lookin but then they do look like they will hurt things do they rilly?

 

[stingnyc]

i have had a few thrive in my tanks before. but i had to remove them because they constantly knock things over. the kind i have owned also eat my coraline algae =(

 

[Missy Johnson]

yeah i agree w/steve. they wedge themselves between rocks and rearranage them. they also leave a trail of 'mowed' corralline algae where they've been. imho the possible risks outweigh the cost/how cool they look. there are many diff species but i believe these risks are present in all...

 

[PComo]

Urchin in a reef=Bull in a chinashop