Urchins Galore! What do I do??

[rcypert]

Hey guys quick question. I have had this pink urchin I got from the beach here in Florida. Bathtub beach in Martin county to be precise. I have had this guy for years and never fed him anything. But he has become a bulldozer lately and I have put him in my frag tank. Any ideas on what kind of food I should be feeding him? He is not a pencil urchin just a pink ball with two inch spines his body is a darker pink then his spines. I am suddenly concerned with his feeding because I also have a royal urchin and a longspine urchin in there as well its only a 40 gallon tank. With about 20-30 pounds of live rock and two grazing fish. What is a good food that possibly all three urchins will be interested in? Thanks for any help.
Ross

 

[Flavum]

you need as much algea as possible. are you rocks bare? if theres not enough algea to go around you can get nori sheets and rubberband them around a rock. Or you could just run your light on a 24 photo period

 

[ranger07]

They are a grazer,algea,etc..

 

[scrombussquared]

I have three urchins that I collected in Ft. Pierce. They're in my 75 FOWLR that is all natural, water, rocks, sand, fish, inverts. All collected locally. The urchins do a good job mowing the algae in my tank. You can see their nightly progress every morning, with bare spots on the rocks. I don't do anything special for them, but I do feed nori to the fish occasionally, and any scraps are left to settle where they may, to be consumed by the cleanup crew.
BTW- it's a shame what Bathtub Beach has become- it used to be a fantastic place to snorkel..The worm reef there will never be the same.

 

[jkeating2005]

kind of off topic of your urchin but what other kinds of critters have you guys goten from the beaches here in martin and st lucie county. i only ask because i never seem to find anything everytime i go looking? where should i go?