Will large clownfishes move rocks and corals around?
So we have home a 300 gal reef tank. We have acroporas, montiporas, a clam, xenia, zoanthids, among other corals. For fish we have 5 yellow tangs, 1 atlantic blue tang and another atlantic tang (its not blue but I forgot the name right now), a "Dori" and a 6 line wrasse. We also have a pair of Tomato clownfishes.
When the tomatoes were added first one of them started growing really fast and growing into a dark color and the other stayed a light orange color and barely grew. They like to live in the Xenia given that we have no anemone.
Everything went great for months, however a few weeks ago we started noticing that the Female tomato clown became more and more aggresive. Last week we found one of our larger acroporas broken from the base and snapped in two. We have relocated both pieces elsewhere in the tank but whatever is moving them just does not like the location since they have been moved several times. A few days ago we found the montipora had been moved. it was attached to a big heavy rock and the montipora itself had grown pretty big. The main montipora was not shattered just a bit broken.
Is it possible for a female Tomato clown to do this? Could they have a hidden nest somewhere? If not, could the other fishes do this or is it something else?
The acropora was growing right above where they like to nest but the montipora was further away. The tangs have their usual behaviour (constantly fighting and chasing each other) But I feed them regularly at least 2 or 3 times a day.
I am a bit afraid I am going to find the orange montipora shattered to pieces, it is one of my favorite corals.
So we have home a 300 gal reef tank. We have acroporas, montiporas, a clam, xenia, zoanthids, among other corals. For fish we have 5 yellow tangs, 1 atlantic blue tang and another atlantic tang (its not blue but I forgot the name right now), a "Dori" and a 6 line wrasse. We also have a pair of Tomato clownfishes.
When the tomatoes were added first one of them started growing really fast and growing into a dark color and the other stayed a light orange color and barely grew. They like to live in the Xenia given that we have no anemone.
Everything went great for months, however a few weeks ago we started noticing that the Female tomato clown became more and more aggresive. Last week we found one of our larger acroporas broken from the base and snapped in two. We have relocated both pieces elsewhere in the tank but whatever is moving them just does not like the location since they have been moved several times. A few days ago we found the montipora had been moved. it was attached to a big heavy rock and the montipora itself had grown pretty big. The main montipora was not shattered just a bit broken.
Is it possible for a female Tomato clown to do this? Could they have a hidden nest somewhere? If not, could the other fishes do this or is it something else?
The acropora was growing right above where they like to nest but the montipora was further away. The tangs have their usual behaviour (constantly fighting and chasing each other) But I feed them regularly at least 2 or 3 times a day.
I am a bit afraid I am going to find the orange montipora shattered to pieces, it is one of my favorite corals.
