Pincushion sea urchin source?

chriscurtis

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After losing my yellow tang and foxface to a power outage I now have a serious hair algae problem. Does anyone know an lfs with pincushion Sea urchins in stock? TIA
 
Unlike black long spines, pencils, and black short spines, there are several types of urchins referred to as "pincushion".  That said DNA pretty regularly has the blue tuxedo urchins, the white/orange spine ones, and the other shorter spine ones (solid white, solid purple, etc).  I would call in advance of going over if you want to be sure.  I don't really know the stores farther west.
 
Thanks for the info. I had one before of the short spined variety (Lytechinus variegatus, I believe) that did a great job so that's what I'm looking for now. I'll call DNA.
 
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