Coral beauty - stay or go

[russianmd]

My coral beauty has been in the tank for about six weeks. My wellso/trachyphylia has been in for eight weeks. For the past couple of days, the brain hasn't been expanding. I noticed today that the coral beauty is picking at it. Not any other LPS, nor softies, nor zoas - just the brain.

So, will the coral beauty generalize its picking behavior to other LPS - or if I get rid of the brain, I might be OK? I like the brain, but have grown more attached to the coral beauty...

Thanks in advance for advice. -Arkady

 

[Deanos]

So, will the coral beauty generalize its picking behavior to other LPS - or if I get rid of the brain, I might be OK?

Anyone who can answers this question should be in Las Vegas rolling dice. There's no way to predict the future behavior of a fish, even a species of fish. However, your fish has started down that road....

 

[russianmd]

:headache:

I was afraid of that. Why can't the stupid fish pick on the Kenya - I have more than enough of that now. Thanks, Deanos.

Anybody has a fishtrap that I can borrow?

 

[NYreefNoob]

coral beauty

from reading and reading about angels and still being stupid enough to get one, it's a 50\50 chance with them eating corals soft and hard as well as picking at clams. i have a potters angel i have caught nipping sps's

 

[masterswimmer]

Arkady, Jim's got a trap that has proven very useful. If he can locate it after his move, I'd be willing to bet he'd loan it to you.

swimmer

 

[reefman]

don't free bad dude. i went down that road more than once.

 

[pecan2phat]

Brains and other fleshy LPS are too tempting even for the model citizen dwarf or large angel.

 

[russianmd]

Thanks, gents - and I will contact Jim for that trap.

:banghead:

 

[crox99]

Arkady

can you check with Jim if I can also borrow the trap? Thanks.