Holy Smokin' Urchin, Batman!

glaudds

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Caught my tuxedo urchin spewing some white fluid from what look like four openings on top....

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Anybody know what's going on? Is the urchin spawning?
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7482022#post7482022 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by murphreef
thats one happy urchin :D

lol i duno but that would be my guess

LOL..I think he was turned on by all the coralline on my glass.
Here's a closer shot....
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7482074#post7482074 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by john37
ewww, be very very careful when you suck start your siphon:lmao: ;)

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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7482074#post7482074 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by john37
suck start your siphon:lmao: ;)

Hey this is a family site!!!

In nature, is it broadcasting male gametes in hopes of fertilizing some urchin eggs somewhere? Or does the female urchin eggs have to be in relative proximity?
 
The have to be fairly close to each other. In tanks with multiple urchins, one will spawn and the others will be prompted to spawn, too. So presumably, in the wild, they also trigger nearby spawns to improve the odds of reproduction. (Both males and females broadcast spawn.)

Sme thing with stomatella snails and other broadcast spawners.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7485622#post7485622 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by NicoleC
The have to be fairly close to each other. In tanks with multiple urchins, one will spawn and the others will be prompted to spawn, too. .

Wow, an urchin orgy!:eek1:

Thanks, Nicole...your posts always have great info. This event lasted around 15 minutes after the time I noticed it....pretty interesting to watch.
 
Yeah, while I was holding a black long-spinned urchins, I watched him (her?) spawning and it seemed to go on forever. I kept wondering where he was keeping all that inside! Very cool to watch.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7482074#post7482074 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by john37
ewww, be very very careful when you suck start your siphon:lmao: ;)
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This event lasted around 15 minutes after the time I noticed it....pretty interesting to watch
A reef voyeur, are ya?
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7488597#post7488597 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by dodgerblew
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A reef voyeur, are ya?

Yep, that's me, the Reefin' Peepin' Tom......but isn't that why we keep these tanks???;) :D
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7492180#post7492180 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by glaudds
Yep, that's me, the Reefin' Peepin' Tom......but isn't that why we keep these tanks???;) :D
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OOOh, the coolest thing just happened, my urchin just did the same thing, I dont think they cross breed do they because I have a pink pincushion that was spewing that stuff, and I have a longspine blue one too? that would be a cool crossbreed though.
 
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