You find a fish you really like nipping at your corals... what do you do?

[jhuntstl]

Taking it back to the LFS tomorrow. Started nipping everything but the aiptasia. It's a shame, I really like the goofy looking dude.

 

[haitian_reefer]

let ‘em eat whatever it wants…

 

[Mr Cypher]

I currently am in this dilemma right now I bought a tiger pyge and I love him awsome fish, however he has taken a liking to my dendros and favia which is a bummer but doesn't go overboard on either just a nip here and there can't see any real damage probably going to keep him fingers crossed just a little guy lol

 

[Mr Cypher]

dupe

 

[Jeffcb]

Drain the tank. It takes about an hour of time so rather quickly.

I have tried traps. The never work for me.

Good time to do my bi-annual water change as well. I used a pitcher to keep the coral wet.

I have done it twice. Once for my African Flame back who resides in the big boy FOWLR tank now and once for a Bi-Colored Blenny who didn't fair so well in the FOWLR tank. I think the Mantis Shrimp got him. . They were both coral nippers. Not at first but eventually got a taste for the corals and became constant nippers.

 

[sfin52]

Let's say you tried a reef safe "with caution" fish like a dwarf angel or something similar only to catch it nipping at your LPS and/or SPS. What would you do? Would you rehome the fish, move it to a new tank, adjust your coral keeping to accommodate keeping the fish in your tank, or some other solution? If this has already happened to you share your experiences.

NOTE: This isn't something I'm dealing with currently. Just thought it would be a fun conversation.

believe my half black angel did this

 

[sfin52]

Seriously considered a bamboo skewer.

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

Remove it
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[Hairyteeth]

Drain the tank. It takes about an hour of time so rather quickly.

I have tried traps. The never work for me.

Good time to do my bi-annual water change as well. I used a pitcher to keep the coral wet.

I have done it twice. Once for my African Flame back who resides in the big boy FOWLR tank now and once for a Bi-Colored Blenny who didn't fair so well in the FOWLR tank. I think the Mantis Shrimp got him. . They were both coral nippers. Not at first but eventually got a taste for the corals and became constant nippers.

Same experience with a bicolor blenny!! Started with green corals, then it was all the colors

 

[PeterC99]

Sell the bloody fish on R2R!!!

 

[Slocke]

I knew this old lady that had a problem with a rabbitfish

So she got some of these

Of course then she needed one of these:

But that caused some big issues so she needed some:

But to solve those she needed:

But to get rid of that:

Luckily those are scared off by:

 

[KrisReef]

I'm just impressed that no one's suggested putting in an elephant ear/cup coral colony for revenge. Dun dun dun!

I just put a big blob of Gorilla gel on the bare spot and put a few pellets in it.

 

[cancun]

Let's say you tried a reef safe "with caution" fish like a dwarf angel or something similar only to catch it nipping at your LPS and/or SPS. What would you do? Would you rehome the fish, move it to a new tank, adjust your coral keeping to accommodate keeping the fish in your tank, or some other solution? If this has already happened to you share your experiences.

NOTE: This isn't something I'm dealing with currently. Just thought it would be a fun conversation.

Ha ha....great topic. I remove said coral and trade it back in at the LFS. Also never buy that kind again. I have 4 angels and they (especially the Passer) destroyed Elegance, Acans, any fleshy brains, and certain kinds of chalices......so I buy only what he doesn't touch. I had him several years.

 

[Scratch08]

 

[Dav2996]

Let's say you tried a reef safe "with caution" fish like a dwarf angel or something similar only to catch it nipping at your LPS and/or SPS. What would you do? Would you rehome the fish, move it to a new tank, adjust your coral keeping to accommodate keeping the fish in your tank, or some other solution? If this has already happened to you share your experiences.

NOTE: This isn't something I'm dealing with currently. Just thought it would be a fun conversation.

I had a flame angel nipping coral but not eating the coral more or less just nipping. I lost no corals kept the fish. It died getting stuck in a rock eventually.

 

[killer2001]

a $5 fish eating a $1000 coral requires immediate removal.

a $1000 fish nipping at a $5 coral. who cares.

 

[Steph72]

Let's say you tried a reef safe "with caution" fish like a dwarf angel or something similar only to catch it nipping at your LPS and/or SPS. What would you do? Would you rehome the fish, move it to a new tank, adjust your coral keeping to accommodate keeping the fish in your tank, or some other solution? If this has already happened to you share your experiences.

NOTE: This isn't something I'm dealing with currently. Just thought it would be a fun conversation.

Earlier this year I noticed that a couple of my hammer corals we’re looking sickly and on the brink of death. Everything else looked fine, parameters were ok, so I was stumped. Then the mystery was revealed… I caught one of my yellow tangs in the act of ripping tentacles off a hammer!!!!! These bad tangs get fed three times a day so I know this little turd wasn’t hungry. I don’t know why he targeted those poor hammers. My solution was to remove the hammers - the tangs definitely run the show around here hahaha!

 

[SamsReef]

Let's say you tried a reef safe "with caution" fish like a dwarf angel or something similar only to catch it nipping at your LPS and/or SPS. What would you do? Would you rehome the fish, move it to a new tank, adjust your coral keeping to accommodate keeping the fish in your tank, or some other solution? If this has already happened to you share your experiences.

NOTE: This isn't something I'm dealing with currently. Just thought it would be a fun conversation.

That is why one tank is never enough. I have a scoly that my purple tang can never resist. Only one coral, tried three times over five years…

hence the second tank

Sam

 

[Glenner’sreef]

Yes, definitely the fish must go! Buh-bye

 

[Rusty_L_Shackleford]

Just stop keeping whatever coral it is eating. Plenty of other corals to choose from. They are pretty filler/habitat for fish.

Its the opposite for me. I care more about the corals than the fish, so it would be gone. Most of my tanks have only had a few small fish, and sone were fishless.