Leopard wrasse picking at sps?

[steevareno2002]

Just noticed this. Is this natural behavior?

 

[slief]

Is it possible that you have flatworms? I'd look at your corals closer to see if that is the case. If not, you may want to try feeding more often. While I've never noticed any of my wrasses picking at any of my corals including the new SPS I have, they need to eat constantly and should be fed more than once a day. My fish are fed 3x a day. I use autofeeders to do two supplmental feedings a day. Some wrasses are known to eat flat worms so that is also a possibility.

 

[snorvich]

Most likely eating copepods. They do not bother corals.

 

[steevareno2002]

Was thinking red bugs since I read they eat crustaceans. I feed him mysid bur he hasn't touched spectrum pellets yet. Do copepods inhabit sps?

 

[billdogg]

pods live pretty much everywhere they can. My pair of leopard wrasses have cleaned my tank of flatworms. I would take a closer look at your corals for bugs of one sort or another.

 

[steevareno2002]

If he's eating pests I'm pretty psyched. Then again I don't want them so guess it's dipping time.