Lemon peel picking at coral

Discussion in 'Tropical Fish' started by mwlude, Mar 21, 2006.

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  1. mwlude

    mwlude Astrea Snail

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    If rickzter read my post clearly it says that I took a chance getting one and I know that there was a chance of it picking at coral. I liked the fish and I DID research it before I bought it. I was looking for some suggestions for corals that it might not pick at. Some were suggested to me by my LFS and wanted to get some feed back here. The coral it was picking at is now being left alone after being moved away from where the lemon peel hangs out. Maybe he will pick at it againg maybe not. But thanks for the advice next time I will research it better:)
     
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  3. rickzter

    rickzter Torch Coral

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    Rashr, well you're obviously wrong if mwlude's lemon peel is picking on frags. Humm, I'm not a biologist but that screams out "with caution" to me, so unless you are willing to take the risk, suite yourself. Everyone knows that angels are risky. It's not secret and plain common sense when you do research or talk to people; ask anybody. A friend of mine has a coral beauty whom ate all his acropora, if you go online they state "with caution" and some say "reef safe"; same goes for the flame angel. To me, there is no reef safe angel. Ask any biologist. Hell, even biologists dont even know the true behaviour of animals, they are capable of doing just about anything since marine fish are smarter than freshwater fish. So :tongue4: ! Sometimes people just dont like being told the truth and I said in all due respect. So rashr, calm down.

    As for mwlude, I didn't mean to sound harsh but I too have made mistakes, but none of that magnitude. My reef has cost me well over 1000 and I'll be damned if I'm going to introduce a fish whom will pose a possibly threat to my inhabitants. I'll research for months if I am at all suspicious.
     
  4. coral reefer

    coral reefer Giant Squid

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    Members of the Euphylia family are one of your better corals based on Eric Borneman experiences. I would bet that Catalaphyllia(elegance coral) would be ok as well.Brains are one of the more succeptible corals to be picked at.