Stop Thief!

[Pufferpunk]

I just witnessed a tag team move between my algae blenny & diamond watchman goby. I brought home a really nice frag from Ocean Design, of 3 different colored zoas--about 30 heads total. I was watching the tank & saw the algae blenny rip off about 5 polyps & drop it down the the watchman & he shoveled it into his cave! I had to get the turkey baster to blow it out & glue it back. anyone witness the algae blenny doing this to their corals? I'm wondering how many more he has stolen! Darn... he's eyeballing it again... :mad2: That fish has way too much time on his hands!

 

[redvipe2010]

OMG! Thats crazy! I've never heard of that.

 

[edwing206]

haha that's crazy¸

 

[redvipe2010]

I think you need to capture that on video. That is funny! He's just trying to help you frag your corals!

 

[cwegescheide]

I'd superglue his lips shut if I were you...

 

[MrMexReefer]

sounds more like the actions of a convict blenny. Haha yeah, lame joke.

 

[Vamp1975]

Jen -

They are known to be nippy at times with coral, it's just hit or miss with them.

 

[Pufferpunk]

I've had this fish for 3 years & never noticed this behavour before.

 

[Beccas_dad]

Maybe you put the zoo's to close to his hangout, mine is very territorial!

 

[Pufferpunk]

LOL, the whole tank is his hangout. He really get's around!

 

[Vamp1975]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8647746#post8647746 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Beccas_dad
Maybe you put the zoo's to close to his hangout, mine is very territorial!

Good point! The funny thing is though the watchman goby aiding & abetting

 

[Pufferpunk]

Well... I think I might have helped the watchman by knocking on the tank & yelling at the blenny. He dropped it in front of the goby's cave & he claimed it.

 

[lsvagabond]

I had an algae eating blenny that went nutso once... he started out fine for 6 months or so then did not like any new additions to my tank. It began with me noticing a nice big circular mark on the side of this beautiful tiny little niger trigger. Eventually I saw the blenny was actually taking the shots at it. Not long after that I came home to find him riping my sand sifting star limb from limb as it feebley attempted to run away. Needles to say the bleeny got the boot. I hope your doesnt go psycho like mine did.

 

[Pufferpunk]

OK, this guy's history! I had a couple of reefriends over & right in front of us, this fish went over to my new really colorful zoas & ripped off a polyp & ate it! I think he's gone insane or something. If it takes me all weekend, he's going into my fuge, till I can get him to Coral Reef. NIMFT!!!

 

[Pufferpunk]

It definitely takes 2 hands to catch a fish like that in a tank like mine (a entire wall of rock). I've been trying to catch him for 2 days. He kept going into a corner where I couldn't reach him, so I finally took a pen & poked at him & he swam right into the net. I wanted to throw him on the ground & stomp on him but instead I put him in my fuge & fed him an algae wafer. He's going to Coral Reef tomorrow. Good riddance! I wonder how many zoas he's actually been eating in the past 2 years I've had him. Been missing a lot of frags throughout the years.