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How about those nitrates as a stressor. I'll bet dollars to donuts the coral was weakened first.
freakin angel!!!!
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rayn
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I know that seems high, but I've never been able to get them lower. Water change, skim wet, gfo, nothing drops them. I even cut back feeding for a while to see and that changed nothing but my nps shrank. Ii could get them and po4 down I would be real happy.
jcw
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Mine were 80 on API test kit. And that was before fish were put in.
Dosing vodka and vinegar and skimming a little wet worked like a charm, nitrates are near 0, and now I'm a FIRM believer in this method.
Everyone that I've personally dealt with in my short return to the hobby (admittedly only a handful) that has a successful coral tank doses vodka.
Dosing vodka and vinegar and skimming a little wet worked like a charm, nitrates are near 0, and now I'm a FIRM believer in this method.
Everyone that I've personally dealt with in my short return to the hobby (admittedly only a handful) that has a successful coral tank doses vodka.
Angel*Fish
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Most angels like a little coral slime and geniacanthus angels don't ignore the substrate 100%. Since you'd expect them to be less comfortable in highly lit tanks, it seems unfair to take advantage of the fact that they are more reef safe and then expect them to tolerate all that light.
Probably a long shot, but if the coral is new and not the fish, maybe he objected to your taking up his swimming area. They need lots of free swimming space - unlike dwarf angels, which prefer lots of rocks to swim in and out of.
Probably a long shot, but if the coral is new and not the fish, maybe he objected to your taking up his swimming area. They need lots of free swimming space - unlike dwarf angels, which prefer lots of rocks to swim in and out of.
Sounds like some fishies have you trained well
rayn
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Most angels like a little coral slime and geniacanthus angels don't ignore the substrate 100%. Since you'd expect them to be less comfortable in highly lit tanks, it seems unfair to take advantage of the fact that they are more reef safe and then expect them to tolerate all that light.
Probably a long shot, but if the coral is new and not the fish, maybe he objected to your taking up his swimming area. They need lots of free swimming space - unlike dwarf angels, which prefer lots of rocks to swim in and out of.
Sounds like some fishies have you trained well
After reading and research I had hoped that this one was reef safe. There are always the odd balls, I don't doubt that. I specifically stay away from any that are questionable because I don't want them munching on corals. Im not saying my tank is perfect, or my corals couldn't be stressed from something but he had never gone after any before. Coral wasn't new, but newer. Still not my latest addition either.
I think you just got an oddball. I've heard a few issues with genicanthus, but I think this is the first time I've heard of the issue with this particular species. I know mine, even after eating food out of coral mouths 
, won't touch a coral otherwise, even a stressed or dying one.
, won't touch a coral otherwise, even a stressed or dying one.
Angel*Fish
cats and large squashes
I'm sorry you lost your coral. Btw, my post probably sounded like I was picking on you, but I'm well aware that tons of people put these in bright tanks - I just wish they wouldn't. The irony is you might have had better luck with a flame angel. But you were trying to take chance out of it. It's very frustrating isn't it? Best of luck.
This just proves how utterly meaningless the term "Reef Safe" is, IMO.
Any fish can attack a coral, for any reason we might never understand.
Its odd though, that he would go after that one coral if he was truly a coral muncher.
You may have missed something on the Bubble that he didn't!
Best of luck,
Matthew
Any fish can attack a coral, for any reason we might never understand.
Its odd though, that he would go after that one coral if he was truly a coral muncher.
You may have missed something on the Bubble that he didn't!
Best of luck,
Matthew
LifeAquatic
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Angels like to eat LPS coral. Its luck of the draw everytime. I dont think there is a reef safe angel.
rayn
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I'm sorry you lost your coral. Btw, my post probably sounded like I was picking on you, but I'm well aware that tons of people put these in bright tanks - I just wish they wouldn't. The irony is you might have had better luck with a flame angel. But you were trying to take chance out of it. It's very frustrating isn't it? Best of luck.
No worries, I didn't take it as picking. I learned somethig new out of it.
Quite possible he knew something I didn't. He was in there all the time. He is out and I don't have to worry about it now. I guess I have to be more cautious in the future about angels. That's why I don't have a flame or koran, though I think both are striking in color.
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