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    Posted: September 26 2008 at 11:54pm
Hello all,
 
I have one of these royal blue sea urchins in my tank.  What I'm wondering is if he's going to be a nuisance and hurt any coral (SPS in particular) that I may have or will purchase in the future?  Wondering if I'll need to get rid of him.  Any opinions?
 
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From what I read, Urchin should be fine.
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We have 2 in our 90 gal reef.  They haven't bothered our coral but they do have a lot of nice little shell hats.LOL
 
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Tuxedo Urchins eat algae and are reef safe. You will be fine.
 
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they just pick up alot of stuff
out with the large and in with the nano
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Do they knock over stuff? 

I have a pencil tip urchin and it is always knocking over some of my rock work. 

I guess you could say my rock work is not urchin proof.  Tongue

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Just got home from work. 
 
Hey thanx for the input everyone.  One less thing to worry about!  Clap
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Our tuxedo never knocks anything over. But he does steal every single frag that is not glued down. I just lost a tiny gorgonian frag that way, I am mad! This morning he was wearing some zoos.

Seriously though, love him!
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Ours was wearing bryopsis when we had it.
 
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