Yellow goby harassing acans

shaggydoo · Oct 3, 2017

I got a tiny yellow goby and have heard they can be annoying to acros but mine has begun harassing all my acans. I have several colonies throughout my tank. And he will go from colony to colony nipping and rubbing against polyps until they all close up. Is there any way to discourage this behavior? I don't think I can catch this guy and I am at a loss for what I can do.

Salty1962 · Oct 3, 2017

I had a similar situation but with an Acro. When they start there's not much you can do to discourage them. Sorry...
Try a fish trap to catch him if he's that bad.

shaggydoo · Oct 4, 2017

Thanks for the response. I was kind of afraid of that. I'll have to see if my local club has a smaller trap I can set by these acans to get him and not my other fish, he is the least interested in food I put in, so I may have to catch everyone else before him, but I've given it over a week and the acans just keep look more miserable every day. Out of my 7 colonies, he bugs all but one for some reason. What a weirdo.