Powder Blue Picking at Elegance!

I noticed my Powder Blue Tang pulling off my Elegances tenticles! He swims by and does a quick grab and tug.
Ever heard of this? I didn't know they were supposed to do stuff like that?
I feed 3 to 4x per day, and have plenty of live rock and alge for grazing. What gives?

 

I've heard that some tangs do pick at lps corals but I've never had it happen myself. If the tang continues that behavior, I would get rid of the fish.

 

its got the feaver for the flavor. sometimes they just like certin things. hide coral or get rid of fish. good luck

 

It doesn't eat it it just pulls pieces off. Little bastard!

 

eat pick what does it matter it is destroying it. I know it is fustrating. I watched a hippo destroy a zoanthid colony in a matter of min. sometime they just have a vengance for a coral.

 

i hear ya. I gotta get him out. He's not stopping!! Unbelievable!

 

I moved the Elegance to the opposite side of the tank. I posted more info in the Coral section.

 

Yeah, I had a maroon clown that would tear up my softies and try to feed them to my anemone.

 

Get a fish trap and get him out.

 

Anythings possible. My hippo went at my torch once, but got stung in the process pretty good and never nipped anything again. But fish are individuals and behave accordingly You can get non-reef safe fish that will be fine, and reef safe fish that will nip and destroy