Lemon Peel and coral question

[ladyfsu]

I bought a Lemon Peel about 6 months ago...it's beautiful. BUT, I didn't research it enough. I got it from a website along with a couple other fish and the website said "reef safe." Also, read a thread that said "usually reef safe but watch."

If I put a zoa frag in the tank, I can't get my hand out before it's already had 2 bites of it. It doesn't bother my yellow polyps ( I don't know what they are called), or my anthelia, xenia and shrooms. Do you think it would hurt frogspawn, candycanes, tubestra (those beauty sun coral things or w/e they are called), or SPS? Just trying to get opinions.

We like this fish and don't want to get rid of it, but I know how to catch it very easily if I have to.

Thx!
Laine

 

[triggerfish1976]

Lemonpeels can be one of the more destructive Centropyge Angels and tend to be more on the miss side of hit or miss reef-safe angels. They will eat Zoa's, Fleshy LPS like open brains, hammers, torches, frogspawns, anthelia, xenia, and clams. They may pick at the slime coats of SPS but it generally does not do enough damage long term to kill the coral. I have observed an increase in the "picking" when the coral is stressed (more slime, more picking).
If the fish is eating prepared foods readily then it will be less inclined to pick on the hammers, torches, frogspawn and SPS as they tend to favor the other listed above more then these.

 

[ladyfsu]

I feed the porkster a LOT...he just wants really loves his fresh zoas

 

[triggerfish1976]

Typical. I have found that most Angels besides Genicanthus will pick at zoa's first followed by open brains.

 

[fancyfish]

I have a lemon peel that picks/eats brains but does not touch my zoo's torch, frogspawn, sun coral, bubble tip etc. no brains and no plates