Tuxedo Urchin

What is the Swell Tuxedo Urchin?

The Tuxedo Urchin is a very attractive and decorative addition to your marine aquarium. They are peaceful and reef safe and they will feed on the algae such as hair algae in your aquarium so are an excellent member of your clean up squad. The urchin will also pick items up on its head such as pebbles, coral frags, snails etc and will use these as camouflage, if your urchin has not picked up anything then this means that it is stressed or ill. While they are reef safe and will not harm or move any corals from the rocks it is always recommended to glue the corals to the rocks for added support and security. Due to the main part of their diet being algae you need to make sure that they are added into an already existing aquarium that has a steady supply of this algae but you need to make sure that this is not the only food available to them and you can supplement their diet with food such as slices of carrot, seaweed and spirulina.

How are these fish delivered to you?

The delivery time for your fish will be two working days if ordered before 2pm Monday - Thursday, and if you ordered after 2pm on a Thursday until Sunday then they should arrive with you by Tuesday. They will arrive in a polystyrene box and be bagged with oxygen which will allow them to stay packaged for up to 48 hours, if they are ordered during winter they will also come with heat pads for warmth. There is a one off £30 delivery charge regardless of how many fish you buy per order.

How do you acclimatise this fish to your aquarium

You need to carefully acclimate your fish when they arrive. To find out all this information and much more be sure to check out our Complete Guide to Buying Live Aquarium Fish Online

Please note: The livestock that is sold on our online site is not held in store at our Swell shop, or available for collection from the shop. Species sold at our Swell store will differ from ones available to order to your door.