Starry blenny destroyed small acro frag

[Tbg299]

I woke up this morning and found my Bali green slimer frag broken to pieces. It was a very small frag, about 1/4-1/2". He nipped away at the frag rock I had super glued it to and completely detatched it. There was lots of pulverized rock dust. My starry blenny must be the culprits because no other fish in my tank would do this. The only other fish I have are a Melenarus wrasse, diamond goby, and cardinalfish. Any advice to stop this from happening again? I really like him and he has been a model citizen in my tank up until now so getting rid of him isn't an option. I'm going to feed more Nori and see if that helps.

 

[blaxsun]

1. Get bigger corals next time.
2. Get rid of the starry blenny.

 

[Tbg299]

1. Get bigger corals next time.
2. Get rid of the starry blenny.

He doesn't bother any other of my sps which are at least 2 inches or larger. I just never heard of a blenny eating coral before. Now that I think of it, he was wild captured in Indonesia, and the green slimer is endemic to Indonesia. I wondering if there is a large abundance of that coral where it was captured from and it adapted to eating it as part of its diet. Just a thought

 

[blaxsun]

He doesn't bother any other of my sps which are at least 2 inches or larger. I just never heard of a blenny eating coral before. Now that I think of it, he was wild captured in Indonesia, and the green slimer is endemic to Indonesia. I wondering if there is a large abundance of that coral where it was captured from and it adapted to eating it as part of its diet. Just a thought

I have a midnight angel that fancies acans and a melanarus wrasse that eats the tentacles off my elegance corals. The little jerks come in all sorts of different packages...