Little Longspine Urchin?

[kinetic]

I'm looking for a little black longspine urchin to eat up all my corraline. Anybody visit a LFS lately that had any?

 

[sfsuphysics]

Aquatic Central on Ocean in SF had a few of the tiny buggers.

 

[xinumaster]

saw one yester at aquatic gallery.

 

[Elite]

Last time I check I don't even see algae in your tank.. what coraline are you talking about??

 

[kinetic]

There's some corraline on the overflow that's plastic and rough. It seems to like that better than glass.

 

[Erick]

I don't think they climb up walls.

 

[kinetic]

that would suck =)

But yeah, they can climb walls, especially ones that are textured like the overflow.

 

[GreshamH]

Of course they climb up walls :lol: They're just like any other urchin in that sense. They climb on rock, right? Rock = wall to them. They'll get suction on glass, acrylic, nylon, metal, etc.

 

[Erick]

and here I thought they couldn't stick to glass and acrylic...

 

[GreshamH]

And that thing on the top isn't an eye :lol:

 

[kinetic]

And that thing on the top isn't an eye :lol:

duh, it's the blowhole for when he goes up for air. They ride on whales so it's pretty easy for them to get air



btw... JK!!!

 

[GreshamH]

Blowhole is close :lol:

 

[tuberider]

He said hole

 

[treylane]

longspine - doonttt dooo ittttt!! find a tuxedo or rainbow or rock boring urchin - something that's not going to become a Problem in no time flat.

 

[kinetic]

longspine - doonttt dooo ittttt!! find a tuxedo or rainbow or rock boring urchin - something that's not going to become a Problem in no time flat.

first time hearing longspines as problems in the tank? what problems are they causing for you? I just want something that eats corraline... either it be a longspine or not. I just liked the longspines, they looked neat and spiky.

 

[treylane]

They're not evil or anything but they do grow fairly quickly, and before you know it you wind up with a creature that has a body the size of a silver dollar, with foot-long spines that knock stuff over / stab you / etc.