blue green chromis eating sps?

[pod]

decided to add a few blue green chromis and noticed one of them nibbling on my monti digitata... has anyone seen this? i've got a bunch of other SPS in the tank and was wondering if i need to remove them. very disturbed.

 

[mcmusashi5]

id remove the chromis before the sps anyday

 

[SeaBee]

You fed the fish? Plankton? My Chromis dont bother anyhing and they are like a standard issue in every reef tank I see. My chromis really like plankton, but who wouldn't?

 

[pod]

as soon as i dropped them in, they got a cube of mysis... i'd say they were well fed... i'll see how they behave tomorrow. if i see any more "nips" at corals, i'm gonna remove them immediately.

 

[daugherty]

i have never seen a chromis eat a sps that is something new i guess it is time to go fishing

 

[dcantucson]

I have Chromis and have never seen any of them nip at any corals. Strange. Maybe they were going after some copepods or something?

 

[bjohanson1234]

that was my thought too dcan. There might have been a small bit of food or a pod on there that the chromis found interesting.

Brian

 

[ltljoker]

I too have chromis and dont have any probs with them nipping at any coral either:shock:

 

[yote]

I have Chromis and have never seen any of them nip at any corals. Strange. Maybe they were going after some copepods or something?

Thats my guess to.
The Chromis was probably after a copepod that was on the coral.

 

[winyfrog]

yea I would be surprised if it was eating the coral, but that doesn't mean that it won't sometimes reef safe fish start eating coral. I have a purple tang that after 7 years decidedit liked open brains. I think it was originally picking some food out of it and took a bite of he brain.

 

[Melosu58]

I also agree. There had to be some food up there. Mine have never nipped at a coral.