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They DO! Very quickly. I had one a while back. He was very cool but once he ate all the algae I had a very hard time keeping him fed. Urchins seem to be more resourceful about finding food in the sand and live longer. Plus they're a lot cheaper!

Not that I am aware of. I had a cinnamon/tomato clown that was fairly aggressive and they were fine together.

Also, try cutting back on your feedings. Either the amount or the frequency.

I'd get yourself pincushion urchin. Beautiful additions and the cookie monster of hair algea.

Funny that you both point out the same thing. I had an ich outbreak a while back and as a result had lowered the salinity to prevent it from reoccurring. I think in the process I never brought the salinity back up to an acceptable range. Looking back at my parameters I see that I have a...

Ich or marine velvet? You can also try giving them a freshwater dip and then place them into a quarantine tank with hyposalinity (0.014) for a week or so. Add garlic into their diet to keep them eating.

I upgraded from from a 30 to a 45 gal FOWLR tank about 6 months ago. The 30 had been running strong for a little over 2 years and was very healthy. Since upgrading, I seem to only be able to keep more brackish fish alive. Currently 3 sebaes and a very, very boring horseshoe crab. Any...