PBT nipping at corals?

[Jarrett]

i caught my PBT nipping at my GSP polyps causing them to close alot lately, and i just saw him take a bite out of my gorgonian? is this normal behavior? i feed him every day and multiple times a day with algae sheets.

 

[yesjenks]

I had a PBT that did the same thing. I ended up getting rid of mine.

How long have you had him? Does he eat aggressively during feedings?

 

[Jarrett]

oo great, i have had him close to a month, just started doing it. and yea he eats aggressively

 

[Breakin Newz]

I wouldn't doubt it, I myself have never considered a tang 100% reef safe...

 

[Jarrett]

so you think he will just keep doing it untill he kills it and moves on to the next coral.

 

[Breakin Newz]

so you think he will just keep doing it untill he kills it and moves on to the next coral.

Every fish is different, but it's most likely he won't stop now that he has acquired a taste for it..

 

[dubs]

they def nip i have one that cause me to get rid of all my clams it never bother any of my corals but it used to nip at my clams right in front of me my like it was teasing

 

[Jarrett]

Do u still have him dubs? Did he stop going for coral after u got rid of the clams. I really don't wanna get rid of him ill sacrifice the gsp I am jus afraid that his appetite will switch gears towards sps then he's done

 

[Greagzter]

they def nip i have one that cause me to get rid of all my clams it never bother any of my corals but it used to nip at my clams right in front of me my like it was teasing

Have the same problem my yellow tang is mad rude, every time he sees me he would nip on my zoas. Just today saw my blue hippo rip chunks out of some zoa frags.

 

[dubs]

yeah still have him i no longer have any clams but it never bothered any thing else in my tank or else it would really have to go even tho i tried plenty of times to catch him with no luck but i love my corals so if it it was more than the clams then i really would have get him out but it been good so i just leave him be

 

[Awibrandy]

I've had tangs that nipped at some corals, but they were actually nipping at bits of algae that was growing in between the stalks of the corals.

 

[ZephNYC]

The PBT is doing you a favor. GSp is a plague coral that has ruined many a reef tank.

 

[Jarrett]

Hasn't plagued me at all I have a really nice rock covered in it that stands on its own away from the regular rock work its size really adds nice color to my tank

 

[Jarrett]

And no awi this guy isn't even eating it he's just straight up ripping off the polyps for fun. I moved the algae clip to the other side of the tank because it was directly over the coral before maybe if I can keep his feeding spot away from it he will stay away from it

 

[dj ze]

i had the same problem with one a couple years ago he to ate my gsp he never stopped there is a lot of stories of pb's eating corals on reef central