I have 220 gallon main tank + 60g tank & 80g sump all connected for total of ~350g system, mostly fish. I have probably 30 fish between 2 tanks, small number of corals. I never had any nuisance algae problems until I added 4xT5's to my Orbit Pro Marine LEDs and GHA seemed to sprout like weeds...
I was looking in my tank today and noticed one of my macroalgae seemed to be floating about halfway up the tank. That's annoying since I tied them to rubble with fishing line to keep them in place. I took a closer look.
Yep, that's a red tuxedo urchin who decided to "wear" my macroalgae and...
Anyone know what this guy is? He looks a bit weird right now as he went into defense mode and stuck most of his pins straight up. He has a black body, with the 5 black lines separating his body into sections (just like any old tuxedo urchin.) but his pins are half striped white and maroon/red...