Help a newbie with an urchin

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Detritus
#1
#1
I am constantly putting coral frags in my fairly new tank. the next day i find some in the sand bed and sometimes I cannot find them at all. Later I find a floating plug it was glued on. I have a fairly large urchin that does a great job on keeping up on things, however, I wonder if he is knocking things around at night?

Any thoughts would be appreciated.
 
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Detritus
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#2
#2
large hermits? what type of snails do you have? what kind of urchin is it and how big? in how small of a tank?

its quite possible, my long-spine knocks over anything thats not glued, tied or strapped down. however he is a huge urchin and i deal with it because when i upgrade tanks i know he will be a key element to killing my algae. IMO Longspines best at controlling algae.. or at least mine is
 
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Detritus
#3
#3
I have a four foot 135. I do have some large snails and the Urchin is big in my opinion. When the long The body is bigger than a golf ball and from the end of one spine to the other end it is larger than a soft ball.
 
ReefCheif

ReefCheif

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#5
#5
IMHO, Id get rid of the urchin.
 
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