Potter’s angel

[TankLife87]

Is it common or has anyone ever known a potters angel to eat lps. Specifically acans?

My potters keeps nipping at an acan.. only 2 of 5 I have. The acans are dying, but can’t tell if it’s eating algae or what. Been watching closely but can’t tell.
He nips on a lot of rocks aswell and doesn’t seem to touch any other corals.

 

[Hemmdog]

Yea dwarf angels are known to eat lps.

 

[Act1n1c_L1fe]

Yea dwarf angels are known to eat lps.

+1

 

[Pbh-reef]

Potters are reportedly one of the safer drawf angels for a reef but acans are one of the most tempting corals for reef safe with caution fish like dwarf angels.

 

[Jesterrace]

All Dwarf Angels are a gamble, but Potter's tend to be one of the better behaved ones. I would certainly trust one in a mixed reef long before the likes of a Lemon Peel, Bicolor, Eibli, etc. Regardless of the Dwarf Angel though an established tank with daily seaweed/nori feedings will help increase your chances of them leaving your corals alone.

 

[ca1ore]

Potters is perhaps the most motivated grazer of all the dwarf angels. Mine literally spends all its time picking at the rocks. Not surprising that it would pick at acans.

 

[4FordFamily]

Unfortunately this isn’t uncommon. Even more unfortunate is that once they start, they don’t “forget”, typically it worsens over time.

 

[DQM5]

I have a potters angel, probably over 6 months. Likes to hang out with the tangs and pick on algae. I have lps and sps no nips at all