My Chromis has gone mad!

[Pedro]

Well i don't know what happened to him. I've had him since day one, it was my first saltwater fish. But he has developed a taste for my big stag. He keeps picking at it and the stag has tissue dieoff. This has been going on for weeks now. I have closely watched him to see if he was picking at the dead tissue areas or what. However, i saw him picking at the live areas and i think that's leading the coral to RTN.

This Stag has been through all the disaters with me so i thought it was untouchable. All other SPS seem fine. So i assume that it's the fish causing the damage. Has anyone else had a fish cause their SPS to RTN from picking at it?

I think a trap might be in the works!

 

[DEEPWATER]

Whats up Pedro

I would takeout the stag and put in a QT tank for now ,see if your fish is going after anything else .or take the fish out and see if you stag heals up

JMO

 

[inline6]

Not really, however I did have a algae blenny that got a taste for clam.
Nature is funny that way.

 

[Pedro]

I'm going to trap the fish. It's a touchy decision since it was my firat fish. But i'll put it in the sump until i can 100% confirm that it's the cause of the problem.

The last time i tried the inverted water bottle and that worked out fine.

Ronen, what's up. Where's that website? Move it! lol

 

[ezee]

Pedro,

How entrenched is the stag? I would try the fish trap asap.

Hey, that rhymes. :lol:

E

 

[DEEPWATER]

I'm going to trap the fish. It's a touchy decision since it was my firat fish. But i'll put it in the sump until i can 100% confirm that it's the cause of the problem.

The last time i tried the inverted water bottle and that worked out fine.

Ronen, what's up. Where's that website? Move it! lol

Very very soon:shhh: :smash:

 

[masterswimmer]

Pedro, many times the picking by a fish is because the coral is already stressed for some reason. Also, if it's been a few weeks, then I'd go out on a limb here and say it is stn, not rtn.

ms

 

[DevIouS]

Good luck in catching the little booger......

 

[Pedro]

Russ,

I agree, it's more like STN, i just used the wrong word. If it was RTN, i would have a dead stag by now.

I might also frag it just in case. He shouldn't be too hard to catch. I'll see how it goes.