Tuxedo Urchin

Blue Tuxedo Urchin                                                                                    (Mespilia globulus)

If your looking to get rid of nuisance algae and add splash of color, say hello to the Tuxedo urchins!  These 100% reef safe urchins won’t eat any corals and won’t harm anything else in your aquarium. They are one of the most beautiful urchin and you can more than one. They are absolute algae monsters and will scavenger over rocks for nuisance algae and uneaten food. They don’t need any special care of feeding.   In our store if we have a tank suffering from nuisance algae we will often pick up and place the urchin in the spot we need help. They are safe to handle and non venomous, the spines are actually soft.

Key Features

• Will plow throw any and all nuisance algae
• 100% reef safe and won’t harm or eat any other animal
• Non venomous and safe to handle

Drip acclimate with this tool (click here)

Special note: You should not add these to a tank that is too new, you want to have some algae growing already so that they don’t starve. If it starts to drop its spines its a very bad sign , usually of starvation.