Filefish eating coral?

[radreef02]

Does this look like someone is eating my coral. I woke up to him having his face on my hammer skeleton but he wasn’t doing anything.
I went around the tank and found my clove polyps like this

 

[radreef02]

Side view and possibly suspect



And found out just now that he eats nori

 

[Bucs20fan]

Filefish arent 100% reef safe. They are usually purchased to eat aiptasia anemones, and given the right opportunity they will eat coral. Softies are their specialty.

 

[radreef02]

Filefish arent 100% reef safe. They are usually purchased to eat aiptasia anemones, and given the right opportunity they will eat coral. Softies are their specialty.

Yeah I knew I was taking a risk. I don’t think the clove polyp was natural death I think we have a suspect

 

[Bucs20fan]

Yeah I knew I was taking a risk. I don’t think the clove polyp was natural death I think we have a suspect

He did you a favor anyway, you really dont want clove polyps. They will go out of control, and almost nothing kills them.