lawnmover blenny munching on my birdsnest!!!

[davefromdc]

So i got the guy about a month ago. he is fun to watch and doing a good job on my pop up spots of GHA but he nibbles on the tips of my green birdsnest. the only SPS in my tank. he has not touched anything else. everything else in the tank is softies (leathers, mushrooms) and LPS (brains, candycane trumpets).

The question is.. should I catch and take him back to the LFS or just let him munch away on the poor birdsnest? opinons needed please. thanks!

 

[SaltyDoug]

Did you try offering him some nori to munch on? Mine loves it

 

[Kremis]

Never ever heard of those touching corals. Is there any algae on the tips of them or something..?

 

[davefromdc]

hmm perhaps nori would help

 

[scooter31707]

Yes they are known to nip on corals. Mines will do it once in awhile.

 

[ThRoewer]

No experience with lawnmowers, but my bicolor blennies all liked to scrape the tissue of my corals. So it isn't a surprise to me at all that other algae eating blennies do the same.

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[Darth_Tater]

I had a Combtooth Blenny completely wipe out my Pocillopora. Was my favorite coral at the time, so I wasn't happy. Sold it before I could see if it was going to move on to another coral.