Flame angel starting to nip

[sroot17]

I made it six months with my beautiful flame angel and hes finally starting to nip at an SPS acro frag I just placed in the tank last week.

Hes eaten half the polyps off of it already! I moved the frag to my sump for now.

Has anyone had any luck quarantining either coral or the fish in attempts to get them to stop nipping? I'd hate to have to give him up but also don't want to see a $60 frag go down the tubes.

Any suggestions?

 

[jdnumis]

Unfortunately he is gonna keep on nipping. As for the coral it needs to be high to regenerate.

All the best,
James

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[KathyC]

I made it six months with my beautiful flame angel and hes finally starting to nip at an SPS acro frag I just placed in the tank last week.

Hes eaten half the polyps off of it already! I moved the frag to my sump for now.

Has anyone had any luck quarantining either coral or the fish in attempts to get them to stop nipping? I'd hate to have to give him up but also don't want to see a $60 frag go down the tubes.

Any suggestions?

You need to re-home him. They don't tend to stop once they start and it should be expected as they are well known coral nippers.

 

[albano]

Has anyone had any luck quarantining either coral or the fish in attempts to get them to stop nipping? I'd hate to have to give him up but also don't want to see a $60 frag go down the tubes.

Any suggestions?

IMO...once a nipper...always a nipper! I don't think he'll change



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[TRIGGERMAN]

IMO...once a nipper...always a nipper! I don't think he'll change



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+1 once in a while you will get an oddball who doesn't nip when characteristically they do, sometimes they become nippers because of not being fed enough. I have heard of fish and inverts that are normally reef safe and have eaten corals like certain tangs,blennies and hermits

 

[sroot17]

+1 once in a while you will get an oddball who doesn't nip when characteristically they do, sometimes they become nippers because of not being fed enough. I have heard of fish and inverts that are normally reef safe and have eaten corals like certain tangs,blennies and hermits

I have been feeding less in an attempt to combat some hair algae. Guess it's time to find him a new home.

If anyone is interested please let me know.

 

[TRIGGERMAN]

Yea he might have developed a taste for corals due to lack of other food source try feeding heavier and see if he still nips. Think about it like this..if you were hungry you might try eating something you normally wouldn't also.

 

[Pedro Nuno Ferreira]

Yea he might have developed a taste for corals due to lack of other food source try feeding heavier and see if he still nips. Think about it like this..if you were hungry you might try eating something you normally wouldn't also.

It might not work because what attracts the fish is the mucus the coral produces to protect it self from the aggressions, i.e. the nipping ... from experience sooner or latter it will nip again, maybe not so much, but will do it or can do it again. If the system is quite large, and I mean LARGE ... then the nipping impact might be reduced as the fish will "distribute" the nipping by several corals and not concentrate it on one as is the case ... never the less one has to be willing to accept some nipping ...
Also feeding heavily might impact the parameters of PO4 and NO3 ... well I suggest like it was said, to re-home the fish as soon as possible.

Pedro Nuno