citrion goby ?

zippopunk1 · #1 12/01/2007, 02:27 AM

so i have a cirton goby in my tank with a few sps frags and its been doing really well. i bought a new fuzzy green acro frag today and as soon as i put it in the tank it started nipping at it. it never did this to my other coral is this common with this kind of fish i always heard they were considered reef safe. is it a marking territory thing and will it eventually stop. will it picking damage the coral

onano · #2 12/01/2007, 09:57 AM

They are notorious for picking at and laying there eggs in sps corals. I had a yellow clown that picked at my pocillopora til I finally had to remove the coral from the tank. The SPS recovered and has since turned into a nice colony in my 75G.

gsoaxionsk8 · #3 12/01/2007, 10:27 AM

get that thing out while you still can. i have a friend who made the mistake of putting two in a 300 gallon tank and he has had to remove all of his sps because they were destroying it.

zippopunk1 · #4 12/02/2007, 03:03 AM

ive been noticing that he eats but is still really skinny and his bellys sucken in a little any suggestions about that. its just wierd because hes left all the other sps in my tank alone pretty much just hangs out in my colt coral and now all of a sudden hes picking on this new one

demonsp · #5 12/02/2007, 04:01 AM

Here's some info. But im guessing MB some taste better then others.

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/p...pcatid=161&N=0

slant77 · #6 12/02/2007, 12:54 PM

IF he likes that coral he is not going to stop. I would put him in a softy tank only or give him to someone that has one. If you are still trying to get him to eat try live brine at first.

zippopunk1 · #7 12/03/2007, 12:48 AM

oh no hes a pig he its mysis just fine. i think he got skinny when i switched to flake food for awhile. i was so intrested on the fact that my marine betta was eating the flakes that i didnt notice he wasnt i just figured he would