Moorish Idol nailing SPS

[Vested]

Idol decided to start eating my coral today, no changes in feeding just added this new frag last night and woke up to him having an expensive snack. Amazing fish but definitely risky, will be finding a new home.

 

[Spare time]

I prefer my coral with some sweet baby ray's

 

[i cant think]

Idol decided to start eating my coral today, no changes in feeding just added this new frag last night and woke up to him having an expensive snack. Amazing fish but definitely risky, will be finding a new home.

Maybe the coral itself isn’t doing too well? My blenny nipped an SPS I had but it only nipped 1 and I didn’t know why until the coral itself started showing signs of not doing well. The nipping was the day after the coral went into the tank by the way.

 

[moz71]

Ha! My regal angelfish went rogue after 2 years with no issues. Wiped out several healthy colonies of zoas in a matter of 2 days. I feel your pain!

 

[Miami Reef]

My past moorish idol was ballistic with corals. Never again.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Unfortunaetly, you get the wrong oe and they'll do that and the reason I had to get rid of mine.

 

[Macdaddynick1]

Maybe the coral itself isn’t doing too well? My blenny nipped an SPS I had but it only nipped 1 and I didn’t know why until the coral itself started showing signs of not doing well. The nipping was the day after the coral went into the tank by the way.

Probably the other way around.

 

[Vested]

Maybe the coral itself isn’t doing too well? My blenny nipped an SPS I had but it only nipped 1 and I didn’t know why until the coral itself started showing signs of not doing well. The nipping was the day after the coral went into the tank by the way.

I thought that too for a few hours, seemed like he was just lightly nipping and maybe just eating parts that where extra slimy or algae? then he started nailing it like he is in the video lol, either way hes killing the coral

 

[Vested]

Unfortunaetly, you get the wrong oe and they'll do that and the reason I had to get rid of mine.

It sucks because they are probably my favorite fish, I like my acros more though

 

[Vested]

My past moorish idol was ballistic with corals. Never again.

Same situation where was all good for months and then one day just decided to start munching?

 

[Sean Clark]

Mine were pretty good and ate anything we put in the tank, never touched corals.

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[Vested]

Mine were pretty good and ate anything we put in the tank, never touched corals.

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He was definitely a piggy lol, I think pellets on an auto feeder along with multiple regular frozen feedings daily and nori are the key to keeping them. Also get them young, much easier to get eating

 

[Miami Reef]

Same situation where was all good for months and then one day just decided to start munching?

Nope. Mine was bad with corals pretty much on day 1.

 

[Reeffraff]

Idol decided to start eating my coral today, no changes in feeding just added this new frag last night and woke up to him having an expensive snack. Amazing fish but definitely risky, will be finding a new home.

This is what eventually happens with almost all idols in a reef tank. They are not trustworthy around 90% of coral species. I found most euphyllia, gonis and a few sps that make a lot of mucus (e.g. green slimer) are generally left alone. Haven't tried them with any soft corals so I can't speak to that.

 

[Vested]

This is what eventually happens with almost all idols in a reef tank. They are not trustworthy around 90% of coral species. I found most euphyllia, gonis and a few sps that make a lot of mucus (e.g. green slimer) are generally left alone. Haven't tried them with any soft corals so I can't speak to that.

Can confirm he left green slimer alone

 

[Reeffraff]

This is what eventually happens with almost all idols in a reef tank. They are not trustworthy around 90% of coral species. I found most euphyllia, gonis and a few sps that make a lot of mucus (e.g. green slimer) are generally left alone. Haven't tried them with any soft corals so I can't speak to that.

I will add that even though idols are closely related to surgeonfish and they also happily graze on algae, their dentition is quite different. Idols have quite strong and sharp teeth for ripping not only algae but all manner of other sessile inverts apart. They can do quite a bit of damage to corals in a short peiod of time. I flipped a rock over while snorkeling in Hawaii and watched an idol absolutely demolish a large tunicate on the underside of the rock in about 20 seconds.

 

[Dave1993]

would rather have the established moorish and work around him get euphyllia