Foxface eating purple sea whip (gorgonian)

[Uprising Rage]

I tried purple sea whips twice now, and my fox face kills them within two days. Anybody else ever have this problem? I googled it and nothing came up. My fox face does not mess with any other corals including my Red Gorgonia.

 

[duromega]

maybe the purple gorgonia brings bad memories to the fox face

 

[Uprising Rage]

I found some info on google. I must of spelled Gorgonia wrong he first time.

 

[richiero]

they will nip at corals if not fed well, they may eat lps if not well fed

 

[Uprising Rage]

I have a tank full of LPS, he has never bothered them. Good to know tho. I have had him for over 3 years. He was from my first tank. He's huge. The only way I have seen him bother the corals is he uses his tail fin to blow food off corals that I feed, so now I distract him with food then feed the corals... or feed them at night when he is sleeping, but then i have to worry about peppermint shrimp, brittle stars and bristle worms stealing the food from the corals.
I see now that the foxface is a fish on the fringe, they say reef safe with caution. I had him and just assumed he was reef safe, and has been till now. It's a shame, i really don't want to get rid of him, but he has gotten massive. King of my 125 gal...and he has personality!

 

[dubs]

This fish is always a hit or miss i had one that demolish my zoas garden and i also had one that never touched anything i would def keep a eye on it a fish that nips always nips in my op i got rid of my fox face a lOng time ago