Will Urchins eat sps? (1 Viewer)

[jarneson83]

Have you guys ever seen a urchin eat a Hawkins Blue Echinata sps. I have never had a problem with him but I woke up this morning and my frag was destroyed im thinking it was him by the way my frag looks.

 

[RyanTurner]

Hawkins blue is a VERY difficult acropora that can RTN overnight. I doubt the urchin ate it.

 

[jarneson83]

sorry whats RTN mean :gay1: last night it was nice and branchy and this morning its just a stick

 

[RyanTurner]

RTN means Rapid Tissue Necrosis. Basically the flesh melts off the skeleton.

If the branches disappeared, something had to eat it. Do you have any puffers, parrotfish, large wrasse, or triggers in your reef?

 

[jarneson83]

nope I have a diamond goby,blue tang,yellow tang, flame angel, two clowns and a mandarin and a long spine

 

[reefsponge]

Yes, I have had longspined urchins eat sps. Tuxedos seem to be ok, no issues here.

 

[RyanTurner]

Crazy. I had no idea.

 

[reef junkie]

I had a black spine urchine and never had any problem with my corals. No that doesnt mean they dont. But thats my experience.

 

[TwinCities Dan]

I had a black spine urchine and never had any problem with my corals. No that doesnt mean they dont. But thats my experience.

I too have not had any problems with a black spine urchin and my corals. Every once in a while the lil' bastard will get me though. :mad_3:

(Background: Steve Urchin, Forground: TCD Bleeding) :biggrin:

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[jarneson83]

well that bastard got a $30 meal

 

[Rachelle V]

I have had longspines munch on coral before, but it's usually a distinct white streak with chomp marks. I agree that Hawkins is a very delicate coral and I've had several frags RTN that was no fault of the urchin.

 

[jarneson83]

will it have a chance to come back?