Another Flame angle question

[Justinandkrista]

So i know its a hit or miss. But its worth a try iv heard dwarf angels will nip at clams, sps or even soft corals but what about polyps or shrooms?

 

[Gwynhidwy]

I've never heard of one eating mushroom corals, but polyps are on the menu for some.

 

[PadresGirl]

I'm not sure how people have fared with Flames, but I just returned a Coral Beauty to my LFS yesterday after she destroyed and elegance and was setting in on cabbage leather. I had her for a month with no problems, then one day...same old story.

 

[tangers]

I've heard of all but shrooms. I have one that is a model citizen, and absolutely love him.

 

[snorvich]

Nothing eats mushrooms except, perhaps, flatworms. If there were something, many would be buying it.

 

[falconut]

My Flame nips at my Xenia, but not enough to do anything, it is still spreading. I have Mushrooms and Zoas and have never seen him nip at them. I've had him for over a year.

 

[jubjub]

my flame has never eaten any of my corals....he like nips at them..but then again he nips at EVERYThing...sand...bare rock...nipped my emerald crab once (dont think he do that again)....

 

[jda]

I haven't found anything short of a large golden puffer that will eat mushrooms. I never thought that my flame did much damage until I gave him away - the SPS extended more and grew quicker the instant that he was gone.

 

[Chooch1]

I had a P. navarchus angel once that ate mushrooms. I wish I still had it because the darn things are slowly taking over my reef.

 

[the1jake]

My flame angel has quite the appetite. No problem with any of the LPS, mushroom or polyps in the tank, but I added a few SPS frags (a few acros and a birds nest). That darned fish was on them like a kid in a candy store. I have a larger green tipped staghorn that none of my fishes touch. (maybe it's the crab who lives there... funny watching a striped damsel try to hide in it and being chased away by the crab)

It's definitely a hit and miss with these guys.

 

[stunreefer]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12683501#post12683501 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by snorvich
Nothing eats mushrooms except, perhaps, flatworms. If there were something, many would be buying it.

I had a large Volitan lion (Pterois volitans) about three years ago that would literally suck red mushrooms right off of the rock. It was crazy! I never had more than 5-6 at a time, and he never dessimated them. Then again, you would still find the occasional one floating around or something.