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These spines are thicker than that of other urchins. But like all urchins, they act as a defensive mechanism against predators in nature. The Pencil urchin Eucidaris tribuloides , is commonly sold in aquarium stores because they are effective at controlling saltwater aquarium and reef tank hair algae issues. During the day, pencil urchins will find a corner or hiding spot to rest.
At night, they will roam about the tank searching for food and algae on the substrate,rockwork, and glass. The Pencil Urchin makes an excellent algae controller for an aquarium where a normal clean up crew would be eaten by more aggressive fish such as the larger wrasses and trigger fish.
For the Pencil Urchin to do well you must provide an aquarium with ample hiding places and room to roam. Select Pack of 1 Blue Tuxedo Urchin Mespilia cf globulus Description: Easily identifiable by there Blue bands usually blue or black, with red, black, or orange dark spines.
Like all urchins, the Blue Tuxedo Urchins are an excellent algae controller for either a reef aquarium or a saltwater fish only aquariums housing aggressive fish.
During the day, the Blue Tuxedo Urchin will find a corner or hiding spot to rest. The Blue Tuxedo Urchin makes an excellent algae controller for an aquarium where a normal clean up crew would be eaten by more aggressive fish such as the larger wrasses and trigger fish.
For the Tuxedo Urchin to do well you must provide an aquarium with ample hiding places and room to roam. Reef Compatability: Excellent will not harm inverts or corals Level of Care: Easy Approximate Purchase Size: Small: up to 1", Medium: 1" to 2"; Large: 2" to 3" Cautions: It is very sensitive to high levels of copper-based medications and will not tolerate high nitrate levels.
Shortspine Urchin Echinometra mathei Description: The Short Spine Urchin grows to a maximum diameter around 3 inches and it has hundreds of uniform reddish-orange colored spines. The Short-spined Urchin is found on rocky reefs. It is an echinoderm that has tube feet for collecting prey. In the home aquarium husbandry practices usually aren't good enough to keep animals alive for their entire life span. My guess would be with proper water chemistry and enough food you should get at least 10 years, but probably more.
No one is sure, but in the wild they could quite possibly outlive you two times over. A hui hou kakou. Just recently he was banished to my refugium because he started chomping on my corals. He'd have to be pretty hardy to make it through all of that.
I think you will have your urchin for quite some time to go. Well that sounds like good news. I won't be so worried about him dieing behind the rocks now. Red Sea Urchins lack interpretable growth zones and tags used between 1 year tag and recapture could miss good years of growth Radiocarbons from atomic bombs!!! It turns out that because of nuclear weapons testing in the 's there is a permanent marker in "carbonate-based skeletal elements". They looked at tetracycline markers in conjunction with these radiocarbon tags on teeth from the "aristotle's lantern" or "jaw" from the urchin.
And here we see Jaw length from their Fig. This clearly shows a VERY different age maxima then what was known from before. Previously, S. It turns out that the red sea urchin S. Like most urchins, Tuxedos graze on algae. They are voracious eaters that will almost constantly cruise your tank eating any algae they can find.
Tuxedos use these items for camouflage against predators. Just make sure you keep your fish away as the fish will often swipe the algae from the urchin before the urchin has a chance to ingest it! I have a pincushion and a long spine urchin, sea hare, hermits, snails and a serpent star and a decorator crab. The tank is always busy 24 hours a day. Sounds like a good idea. Do you think a 38G would be too small for an urchin?
I also have a Pom Pom Crab, do you think there would be any problems? My Pom Pom Crab has a little bit of an attitude problem with my two hermit crabs. They end up depositing the plugs where you may not be able to get to them also.
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