Kaplanm Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 I've got a Montipora frag that I've finally found a location that it is happy in, when of course my flame angel decided that it now looked like a tasty specimen. My question is, will the couple of nibbles that the flame angel took out of it regrow, or is that portion of the skeleton permanently dead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 I would imagine it would overgrow the dead portion or if it only killed the upper layer, that it may regrow. The bigger problem is if it continues to nip at the coral, then it really wouldn't matter as it will probably eventually kill the monti in a tank that size... mainly because it can focus on it and keep nipping away at it instead of spreading it out to other corals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaplanm Posted March 17, 2015 Author Share Posted March 17, 2015 I don't think it'll be a long term problem. I'd simply reduced my feeding schedule to deal with a Nitrate spike, he doesn't care for being fed every other day. I'm going to see if I can clip some Nori in the tank and if he'll nibble on that over time. He took care of a huge clump of algae over night when he was hungry the first time. Hopefully he'll prefer the Nori to the coral. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Nevermind, I would agree then... I didn't know he was on the hungry side than the curious side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sascha D. Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 I've got a Montipora frag that I've finally found a location that it is happy in, when of course my flame angel decided that it now looked like a tasty specimen. My question is, will the couple of nibbles that the flame angel took out of it regrow, or is that portion of the skeleton permanently dead? A "couple of nibbles" shouldn't hurt anything. Has part of the skeleton changed color because of the angel? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c4cQBCeq30 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaplanm Posted March 18, 2015 Author Share Posted March 18, 2015 A "couple of nibbles" shouldn't hurt anything. Has part of the skeleton changed color because of the angel? The tissue has gone from a healthy green to patches of exposed white skeleton. I don't see any signs of infection though, yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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