Helmet urchin, colobocentrotus atratus

[titi59]

Hello everyone, I would like a colobocentrotus atratus in my tank ! Have you ever had and you have tips on maintenance? Thank you !

 

[jraker]

I know they are carnivores but not much else. Good luck finding one, because they pretty much only enter the hobby as a hitchhiker.

 

[titi59]

Ok, so they eat corals ? i have found a french website where they are sold

 

[jraker]

Can you link it please? And yes they eat coral.

 

[titi59]

http://www.marinelife.com/fr/invert...actus/colobocentrotus-atractus-m-5-6-cm-9127/

on different web sites i found that they eat other urchins, little snails and algae, but where do you find they eat corals ?

 

[atraperegrinus]

I've been looking for one of these for months if you found a place that has them you're lucky. I've read they eat algae. But people seem to say they eat coral aswell, I'm willing to try it out if I can find one. But I haven't had any luck.

 

[titi59]

Yes but i love my coral so i'm not willing to try... If someone have one, i'm interesting

 

[Echidna09]

Hey I know this is an old thread but I thought I'd share my experience. I had one if these when I lived in Hawaii that I collected myself and it was a wonderful inhabitant. I had a lot of coral in the tank and it never touched anything. Just ate my algae and did a great job too. I loved it because it didn't have any wild tubefeet that uprooted my corals. Hope I can find one on the mainland now cause I have a red turf algae problem right now.