hippos tangs and zoas

[wschang812]

i heard hippos tangs will eat zoas? do all hippos' eventually do that or most stay reef safe.

 

[ZANYMASTER]

I've personally never seen them do it but Tangs like Sohal are sometimes known to.

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

Supposingly no but there are psychos in any animal. I used to have a yellow tang that will kill cleaner shrimps.

 

[lazibonez]

My hippo nips at acans ,then xenia. I think once they start to do that they wont stop nipping on the same kind of coral, and they dont do it out of hunger. Powder blue are known to nip at zoas, thats why I never tried one. Also, maybe your zoa were dying in the first place, most fish would go after dying corals.

 

[nycpassat]

hope its not the pink zippers

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

My hippo nips at acans ,then xenia. I think once they start to do that they wont stop nipping on the same kind of coral, and they dont do it out of hunger. Powder blue are known to nip at zoas, thats why I never tried one. Also, maybe your zoa were dying in the first place, most fish would go after dying corals.

Hmm, that tendency seems so true-blackbeard's sohal started to nip acans and never stop after that.

 

[wschang812]

i dont have a hippo tang. i wanted to get one but with all this info about them eating zoas, im having 2nd thoughts. thanks for all the input guys

 

[wschang812]

dwarf angels reef safe? i heard its 50/50 as well.

 

[lazibonez]

Hmm, that tendency seems so true-blackbeard's sohal started to nip acans and never stop after that.

Yeah, he told me about it. He cant have that going on in his acan dominate tank.

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

Yeah, he told me about it. He cant have that going on in his acan dominate tank.

I actually saw it. It never stop even if you poke it when it nip. Bad bad boy.

It must be getting the high when nipping the sting from the acan-addiction LOL

 

[lazibonez]

dwarf angels reef safe? i heard its 50/50 as well.

You would have better luck with hippo than any dwarf angels. I never kept a dwarf angel myself but heard its hit or miss.

 

[duke62]

do u still have that 46 gallon tank or did u upgrade.

 

[straightjiggy10]

I have a hippo and many zoas never had any issues!:irked:

 

[wschang812]

i still have the 46. i wanted to get like a 1 inch hippo.

 

[isakofyork001]

i can say my hippo never touched my corals, got a purple who took out my duncan though.

 

[Hungriee]

i own a hippo myself, it does nip on zoas where it tends to rest at night. i guess it was trying to make its home comfy so tore down things in the way lol.

other than those watermelon zoas, it doesnt nip on anythin else - now its a good resident and just getting fat from shrimp diet.

 

[cthoughts1]

I have a bunch of zoas and my hippo's never even given them a second look.. it depends on how you raise them I guess.. lol

 

[mikey3165]

my hippo has nipped at my zoas before i never knew they did that until about a week ago