SPS eating Lyretail Anthias

[mhaith]

I just ordered 3 females to go with my current male and female lyretail anthia pair. Lo and behold, not 4 hours later, I read an old thread about a mature tank that had to be torn apart to get out some Lyretails that were eating the Acros.
Has anyone else had experience with Lyretail Anthias eating their corals?

 

[SeeDemTails]

I had never heard of another incident, I would like to have seen it myself. Never heard of any anthias nipping corals before this.

 

[stunreefer]

I remember that thread.....I doubted it strongly initially as I have never read, heard nor seen an anthias do such a thing, but after some discussion and listening to the original thread poster I didn't doubt it was happening to him.

I would not be worried mhaith as I and countless people here on RC have kept Lyretails with SPS with no adverse efects at all; Its just one of those random things again....stupid fish! :lol:

 

[SDguy]

I would also like to mention the major influx of nutrients into a system when adding multiple anthias (due to the feeding). This can have adverse effects on acros and other sensitive SPS, depending on filtration and husbandry.

 

[eskymick]

Re: SPS eating Lyretail Anthias

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13362877#post13362877 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mhaith
I just ordered 3 females to go with my current male and female lyretail anthia pair. Lo and behold, not 4 hours later, I read an old thread about a mature tank that had to be torn apart to get out some Lyretails that were eating the Acros.
Has anyone else had experience with Lyretail Anthias eating their corals?

Actually, there is a very recent thread discussing the same problem .....

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1462829

 

[mhaith]

Re: Re: SPS eating Lyretail Anthias

Re: Re: SPS eating Lyretail Anthias

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13363457#post13363457 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by eskymick
Actually, there is a very recent thread discussing the same problem .....

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1462829

Yup, that is exactly where I got it from but it is the only reference to SPS eating Anthias I have ever seen. The source is reputable so I don't doubt it. Maybe he had some red bugs or something they were eating and nipping the corals at the same time or maybe they just went rogue? We may never know.

SDGUY
As for the increase in bioload, I am of the school of overfiltering so I can feed the system as much as possible. I am rewarded with spawing Pocilloporas, inverts and super healthy animals. That wasn't my question but thanks for the heads up.

 

[EnderG60]

Mine dont even give the coral a second look, besides to sit on it.

But then agian I had never heard of a blue tang eating xenia, and I had two that did.....

That being said, I have two, and will get 2-4 more of them later. if they cause problems out they go.

Just get a fish trap and dont worry to much about it.

 

[Seng]

I have 2 male and 5 female about 8 months without problem . Normally when feeding frozen brine to the anthias , all the sps will extend their polyp very long on the tip and tang fish ( especially naso ) will nip on the tip to cause damage but not anthias ...

 

[J.R.L.]

mine never even look at my SPS and hardly even perch in them...i think the problem is that most people have a nutrient overload due to adding so many fish and having to feed them that the SPS brown out or die

 

[mhaith]

Anyone EVER had this happen with the exception of Znut Reefer?

 

[RokleM]

In two years, I can't say my Lyretail have even looked at my SPS.

 

[Spooky208]

I have never had that problem with mine. And he has a lot of brown sps.