one of my flame angel develop a taste for acropora

bullitr

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the acropora was not doing so good to begin with but the one of the flame angel is nipping it constantly. what can i do?there is no way i can catch it without destroying my tank. i will try fish trap again but it may not happen .i am month from getting a new tank.
 

spanko

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Originally Posted by bullitr
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the acropora was not doing so good to begin with but the one of the flame angel is nipping it constantly. what can i do?there is no way i can catch it without destroying my tank. i will try fish trap again but it may not happen .i am month from getting a new tank.
At this point the only thing to do is either remove the fish, or remove the coral. You proabably knew the risk involved in putting an angel in with coral and decided to take the risk. Sorry but some people have no problems, others experience what is happening with your tank.
 

nycbob

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looks like u will hv to remove the acro or lose it. is this the only sps u hv in the tank? i actually hv a blenny that eats nothing but acro polyps, but luckily my acro grows faster than what it can eat.
 

bullitr

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it wish is that easy.it only picking on one specific acro but when its started to nipping on my desawali and blue millipora i have to remove 500 pounds of live rock.
 

nycbob

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i know what u mean. its not easy once it nips on one thing constantly. is the flame getting a variety of food? sounds like u hv a decent size tank and lots of lr. why the flame only picks on that 1 sps is beyond my expertise.
 

bullitr

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i placed the green acropora in the powerheads and its sheading after couple of days and i noticed one of my flame was nipping on it.i am hoping that the flame just think it was algae if not i have a 150 gallon sump for them 2 and since i was sanding my tank i might do a overhaul.i might wait until a couple of weeks or even a month to get the money for the new 403 gallon upgrade and but if the flame start nipping of my blue and desawali i have no choice but to empty my tank.
 
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