Purple tang tried to eat my coral!

[BornHandy]

So my giant trachy hasn't been himself lately... Just couldn't put my finger on it. Tested water, checked temp and flow. All ok. I just haven't been able to figure it out.

But today, I sat back far enough from the tank for the fish to stop begging for food, and then it happened... This purple tang tried taking a bite out of this coral, and not just once!

I immediately ran to the tank, and he stopped bothering the coral long enough to do the "feed me" dance. I went back to the couch for more observation, and he went for my duncan! Even after I fed the tank, he still wanted to nip at the coral!

I feed this tank heavily, and he is super fat, so hunger is not the reason. He just seems to have developed a taste for coral.

This fish has been with me for a long time, but this tank is for the corals first, the fish second. He had to go...

I found him a mature and stable home within 10 minutes, and am happy to repprt that he is in a tank that's for the fish first, corals second.

Still, it was sad to see him go, and my tank looks a little less full today...

 

[xxkenny90xx]

It's rare but I have heard of tangs eating coral. Beautiful fish, what a shame!

 

[sabor]

Not so rare! Had my purple tang eat my acans. He started chopping off a head every day. At first, I thought it was my flame angel. He almost got framed and caught out but I did more observing and saw the purple was the culprit. I lost like 10 heads before I was able to catch him out. I should’ve known as he was eating my sps when he was younger but I tried my best to ignore that as he stopped. Acans he did not.