Hey guys!
I have a pair of clowns that recently started hosting my zoanthids, especially at night. The female clown literally wedges herself within the coral, while the male just hovers up top. I thought it was cute at first. Fast forward 2 weeks and they are covered in hypermelanin spots all over. The clowns appear healthy, and eat like pigs but they cont to rub themselves on the zoas. I also have frogspawns, torches and hammers but they dont go near them
my options-
1- leave them alone and let them be
2- get rid of the zoa. The ones I have are brown and not attractive unless the blue light is on. Even then, there is a slight hint of pink color but is definitely thriving and growing on the rocks.
I am not looking to add an anemone as I have plenty of euphylias and other awesome LPS I wish to keep.
I have also ruled out black ick as the spots are linear and the other fish in my tank dont have them.
I have a pair of clowns that recently started hosting my zoanthids, especially at night. The female clown literally wedges herself within the coral, while the male just hovers up top. I thought it was cute at first. Fast forward 2 weeks and they are covered in hypermelanin spots all over. The clowns appear healthy, and eat like pigs but they cont to rub themselves on the zoas. I also have frogspawns, torches and hammers but they dont go near them
my options-
1- leave them alone and let them be
2- get rid of the zoa. The ones I have are brown and not attractive unless the blue light is on. Even then, there is a slight hint of pink color but is definitely thriving and growing on the rocks.
I am not looking to add an anemone as I have plenty of euphylias and other awesome LPS I wish to keep.
I have also ruled out black ick as the spots are linear and the other fish in my tank dont have them.