Pencil Urchins Reef safe?

[atblj5]

Are pencil Urchins reef safe?

Thanks John

 

[greenbean36191]

Nope. They eat sessile inverts.

 

[atblj5]

Sorry what are sessile inverts.

Thanks John

 

[twon8]

google search

http://www.k12.nf.ca/jakeman/Dan/sessileinverts.htm

 

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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11217095#post11217095 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by atblj5
Sorry what are sessile inverts.

Corals.

 

[billsreef]

That's the biologists way of saying inverts that don't move. So that would include corals, sponges, tube worms and host of others

 

[mscarpena]

Any urchin is a bad idea they tend to knock over corals and cause problems. Sorry they are neat. There are some like the tuxedo urchin that eat only algae, but they can be troublesome with knocking over corals.

 

[Guygettnby]

no urchin is reef safe. they like to destroy your live rock and numerous other things in your tank.