Help! Found a sea urchin in my tank

[Frosflame]

Hi all,

I just found out that there's this sea urchin in my six month old tank. I never bought it nor saw it, then it just appeared. Including spikes, it's the size of a ping pong ball. The centre body is black with light grey spikes. At the foot of each spike is a white ring.

I have corals in my tank, turbos, a golden maroon and a damsel.

What should I do with it???

[Altantis]

Actually not prob... but if you worried, can post for FOC

[xersion]

u may keep it.. its harmless.. i'm also having 1 in my tank..

however Quotes by Bro jerv remove it when u sense something is wrong with the sea urchin.. and 1 more point nv get poke by it.. will cause serious pain on the wound

[Dazza]

i think u hv a sea mine urchin. Very gd nocturnal scavenger . Keep it lah n it dont grow that large so shd be ok. i hv one in my tank for abt 5-6 yrs already

[Frosflame]

Thanks for the replies, this morning, tried to spot it but can't find it again. What does it eat btw? I'll monitor it first, then decide what to do with it. It's actually quite pretty for a hitch hiker actually

[xersion]

it eats the other remaining food left on the sand bed.. in other words its also helping u to clean up ur sand bed.. take note of the middle top part... u will see it clearing some stuff out and thats his **poo**

[ray_archer2003]

If you don't want the sea urchin, you can give me.

[Frosflame]

Ok, Ray, will let you know if i decide to give it up