Urchin munching on leather

Ricety6

Non-member
Anyone experience a black long spiny urchin doing this before? I don’t think it’s a possibility that the coral died and the urchin is doing his duty as part of my cuc, all others are doing fine. I’ve considered getting rid of it due to how large it is compared to my tank and this might make me decide to give it away. I saw the urchin climbing on the leather yesterday.
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Probably going after the algae on the base of the leather but I hear ya on the size vs tank thing lol
 
Thanks Chris that’s what I was thinking, I hope it doesn’t develop an appetite for coral. One more strike and this things going
 
My first thought was it just got stuck on the spines after it went over it. I used to have urchins climbing all over my corals with no issues...
 
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