linear blenny

[theDeedo]

I just recently got a linear blenny to take care of some hair algae in my tank. but he seems to get a little to close for comfort with my zoas. will these guys nip or eat at the polyps?

 

[WienerDog]

I just picked one up myself. I did read that they may go after some SPS....just copied this from LIVEAQUARIA.com
...The Linear Blenny is a perfect candidate for the reef aquarium and is considered reef safe but may nip at the polyps or bases of Acropora sp. and other SPS corals. If the SPS dominated aquarium is not heavily stocked with mature colonies these fish may damage Acropora sp. and Montipora sp. in these displays.

The diet of the Linear Blenny should include vegetable matter, including frozen and dried foods containing marine and blue-green algae. It will also feed on (and help control) algae growing in the aquarium.