new guy needs help! corals @ risk

hello all! new to the forum, not marine tanks at least pred tanks, little new to fish with reef. I have a 180 gallon long with: a coral beauty, a yellow tang, scribbled rabbitfish, spot foxface, red legged hermits, blue legged hermits, larger turbos, a few small sand sifter stars, and 2 emerald crabs....main ?'s are: i got rid of my predators 'cause of a massive breakout of calerpa nullameria but these fish, none of which are more than 3 inches, wiped out about 3 gallons of calerpa in 36 hours!!!! what else can i feed them to satiate their diet away from my corals? Any help would be greatly appreciated.....the foxface seems to be nibbling my corals bases when i look away like a little veiled ninja! but under huge lighting!

 

Im not an expert on Fox faces, but from what I understand itis hit and miss with Coral beauties.
There are plenty of different kinds of foods out their to give your fish the best nutrition possible, but if a fish wants to nip corals, theres really no stopping them.

 

Make sure to always have a strip of algea in the tank, also people will use lettuce and brocci.


One thing i like to do with the algea strips, i take small pieces and rubber band them to rocks, i make cuts in the top of it so it has "fingers" i then pleace the rubble into the rock work, it looks more natural and it waves with the water. My fish loved this!

 

Very cool idea OP. ;D

 

only problem is my tank is very deep, I think it is 180 gallons but is second hand so not sure...think more about 200, thing is huge....dont like to reach my whole arm in (pretty long arm, I'm 6-2) dont want soap or anything else on me in my tank.....foxface wont touch green, red, brown or any other sheets i place on clips...might have to try tying to rock to make it seem more natural? not sure

 

haha i hear ya, i have a 180 so yea i understand(and im 6'4 lol) but mine didnt either untill i soaked it in garlic gaurd then it went NUTS over it, try that. But some of my fish would not touch the nori that was on the clip but went nuts for it when i did my lil trick

 

sounds like a sure bet! have to try in the morning

 

Awsome! let me know if it worked or not!!!!

 

hell i'm gonna give it a try too

 

for sure! any ideas why my percula clown wont come out from under my larger sabae anenome? even to eat....