The ultimate invert show off thread

[xxkenny90xx]

Shrek my Dolabella Sea HarView attachment 1713951

Lol we used to have one of these also named Shrek!

 

[Sharir]

Shrek my Dolabella Sea HarView attachment 1713951

He is HUGE

 

[Sharir]

Has anyone kept a daidema (longspined) urchin before have you had the issue of them skewering fish?

 

[sfin52]

He is HUGE

He eats well

 

[Sharir]

He eats well

Reminds me of an actual rabbit ;Hilarious

 

[Paul B]

Has anyone kept a daidema (longspined) urchin before have you had the issue of them skewering fish?

I got this "guy" the size of a ping pong ball about 10 or 12 years ago. Now he is about 7" across. I have about 26 fish and none have ever been skewered.

I had one before him for about the same time and he also never hurt anything, except me.
Here he is eating a piece of clam.

 

[Sharir]

I got this "guy" the size of a ping pong ball about 10 or 12 years ago. Now he is about 7" across. I have about 26 fish and none have ever been skewered.

I had one before him for about the same time and he also never hurt anything, except me.
Here he is eating a piece of clam.

How fast did he grow? Did he grow slowly over time or fast in the beginning and slowed down in the end. How good is he at removing algea? How did you deal with the stings?I am thinking of getting one so your opinion would be helpful.

 

[Sharir]

How fast did he grow? Did he grow slowly over time or fast in the beginning and slowed down in the end. How good is he at removing algea? How did you deal with the stings?

I was considering getting one so your opinion would be helpful

 

[Sharir]

How fast did he grow? Did he grow slowly over time or fast in the beginning and slowed down in the end. How good is he at removing algea? How did you deal with the stings?

I was considering getting one so your opinion would be helpful

 

[Paul B]

He grew slowly but got full size in a year if I remember. I get stung all the time from him and diving. They are not poisonous so the "stinger" just stays in you and dissolves eventually.
He eats algae but I don't really have much that he can reach. I am sure if there was some reachable, he would eat it. His favorite food is clams and will devour big pieces of them as he doesn't know he is supposed to be vegan.

 

[Sharir]

One day I would like to own a pencil urchin:

Credit :sailworld
They are just magnificent

 

[Sharir]

Has anyone had success with sea apples and tunicates? I have heard that they are quite tricky to keep.

 

[Indytraveler83]

I just picked up a banded longspine urchin. Had never seen or heard of these before today. Anyone else ever kept one?

 

[Sharir]

I just picked up a banded longspine urchin. Had never seen or heard of these before today. Anyone else ever kept one?

View attachment 1718765

He looks beautiful

 

[Indytraveler83]

He looks beautiful

He sorta has the same colors and patterns as a lionfish. I turned in a short spine pink urchin that was too busy murdering frags to eat algae, and picked this guy up. He's been sorta slow so far, but hoping he gets moving as he adjusts.

 

[Calm Blue Ocean]

The most entertaining invert I've had is this pistol shrimp. The relationship with his gobies never gets boring to watch! This video shows the winning move in the battle of the nassarius snail, which had been going on for several minutes before I started recording.



Prior to this point, the goby was dragging the snail into the cave, and the shrimp was promptly tossing it back out onto the sand. This snail argument happens surprisingly regularly!

 

[WVNed]

 

[WV Reefer]

Some random critters I have had over the years:

Eunice worm

Bivalves

money cowrie

Skeleton Shrimp

Thorny Oyster

 

[Ocypode sinensis]

If I am not mistaken I think it is a cowrie... I am going to get some soon I have heard of certain species of them be very good to "destroy" algea... Also quiet hard to get depending on where you live.

It's a Hydatina physis, not a cowrie, feeds on certain kind of worm only.