Coral beauty eating my scolymia! Help!

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  1. ynzheng

    ynzheng Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    On Saturday I got my red scolymia... really nice.... But today when I got home, it is not opening as large as in the morning... Then I noticed that the coral beauty angelfish I had for half a year is nipping at it... What can I do now? Fish has been with me for half a year so I don't really want to take it out...
     
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  2. GuitarMan89

    GuitarMan89 Giant Squid

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    Not much, that's the risk with angels. My CB has started to nip at my acans slightly. It's infrequent and only appears to happen when they are at a certain stage of being inflated. Try to feed the CB a bit more, but if it wants that scoly and develops a taste for it, there's not much you can do.
     
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  3. Corailline

    Corailline Super Moderator

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    It is a dry heat, yeah right !
    It has been my experience that once they begin to nip corals they do not stop, and one or the other has to go.

    Good Luck
     
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  4. Kevin3884

    Kevin3884 Tassled File Fish

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    :idea: mini spear gun
     
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  5. Claic Yuzolt

    Claic Yuzolt Bubble Tip Anemone

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    +1, I think this is a great idea.
     
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  6. ynzheng

    ynzheng Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    Update: Yesterday I moved the scolymia onto some rock instead of leaving it on the substrate and today I am trying to overfeed my angelfish... Looks good so far scoly is opening up... Maybe the angelfish just got starved.. Thanks for the advices.
     
    ynzheng, Nov 16, 2010
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  7. tatted4ever

    tatted4ever Clown Trigger

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    $40 angelfish or $150 coral?

    Thats the tough part of this obsession
     
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  8. ynzheng

    ynzheng Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    lol it's $19 angelfish and $55 scolymia... both are steal...
     
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