Tuxedo urchin vs pincushion urchin?

[Arjuna32]

Recently I got a tuxedo urchin to combat my hair algae outbreak and I was told by a friend of mine that their tuxedo doesn’t touch their hair algae and their pincushion eats it instead. Would I be better off returning it and getting a pincushion instead? its a 10 gallon tank and I plan on upgrading it in a few months or so.

 

[fishski13]

I have had experience in both eating it. I would stick with what you got right now and see how it goes. Can always find different options later if it doesnt work. You wont know until you try it

 

[Lavey29]

My 3 tux urchins killed it

 

[babajuju]

Recently I got a tuxedo urchin to combat my hair algae outbreak and I was told by a friend of mine that their tuxedo doesn’t touch their hair algae and their pincushion eats it instead. Would I be better off returning it and getting a pincushion instead? its a 10 gallon tank and I plan on upgrading it in a few months or so.

I just recently added a tux urchin and it ate hair, green, and cyano algae.

 

[JoJosReef]

Mine (tux) did a good job once I mowed down all the mats of GHA. While it was long, nothing touched it. Way better than my pencil did!

 

[Arjuna32]

I have had experience in both eating it. I would stick with what you got right now and see how it goes. Can always find different options later if it doesnt work. You wont know until you try it

Alright thank you!

 

[Arjuna32]

Mine (tux) did a good job once I mowed down all the mats of GHA. While it was long, nothing touched it. Way better than my pencil did!

I see thank you so much! I’ll keep it short and keep him around then

 

[Arjuna32]

I just recently added a tux urchin and it ate hair, green, and cyano algae.

Oh dang alright. In that case I’ll keep him around thank you!

 

[Arjuna32]

My 3 tux urchins killed it

Alright thank you!

 

[Dburr1014]

Recently I got a tuxedo urchin to combat my hair algae outbreak and I was told by a friend of mine that their tuxedo doesn’t touch their hair algae and their pincushion eats it instead. Would I be better off returning it and getting a pincushion instead? its a 10 gallon tank and I plan on upgrading it in a few months or so.

I got 1 of each 1 year ago.
The pincushion is 2x as big as the tux now.
For your 10 gallon better off to keep him.

 

[Sleeping Giant]

I have both. They don't like long GHA, but will eat it if it's short.
beautiful creatures though, they are a necessity of reefing in my opinion.

 

[Arjuna32]

I got 1 of each 1 year ago.
The pincushion is 2x as big as the tux now.
For your 10 gallon better off to keep him.

I see thank you!

 

[Arjuna32]

I have both. They don't like long GHA, but will eat it if it's short.
beautiful creatures though, they are a necessity of reefing in my opinion.
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Absolutely beautiful! And thanks I’ll definitely keep him