how to stop a fish from playing with corals

[pam0630]

ive got a blue hippo tang whom thinks that she can just play with all my small corals....i taken water bottles and cut the bottom off and put them over some of my corals...if i take them off for a second there she is picking it up...what to do??
when i moved here to sc i had the perfect option to take her out of the tank, but couldnt find anyone whom wanted her...so still in my tank

 

[Kano]

You either have to glue it down or get rid of the fish. I have a red corris wrasse that LOVES to flip over corals/rocks or anything he/she thinks might have something delicious under it. You can't train a fish to not do something, typically.

 

[Duffam3434]

Yea if you love the fish, like Kano said.. Glue.

 

[Palting]

I'm gonna show a little bias here. I have 4 tangs, and the hippo is my least favorite. Very skittish, very quarrelsome, gets into a tizzy for no reason and darts all over the place. I've got way too many corals now that I could easily break trying to catch it. Get rid of it now while you can.

 

[bct15]

They do that, they will pick up small frags, rocks, and shells and carry them around the tank. I think they are trying to show off how strong they are.