SPS melting or Blenny Picking?

[DREUTZ]

I have had issues with my bicolor blenny picking at (and eventually killing) a long tentacle plate coral and favias. I've recently added a lot of SPS and I've seen him picking at most of the frags, but it didn't see like he was causing that much damage. In the pics I uploaded I am just wondering if the lack of polyps and tissue is from the blenny nipping at them or if it is melting or RTNing or something like that.

The fist 3 pics are of a pocillopora. Just the base and one side seem has no polyps

4th is a yellow milli. There are 2 circular areas that have no polyps along with the tips. I was thinking that the tips might be new growth, but am not sure.

5th and 6th are an ORA red planet acro. The bottom and up one side has missing polyps/tissue.

I have seen the blenny picking at all of these frags but didn't see him do it that frequently. Before I knew it there were some major issues!

New to the SPS game so not sure what is what when it comes to issues like this!!! Any help/input would be greatly appreciated.

 

[jerl77]

what your water test?

 

[reefman]

bi color blenny r known to nip. sps/clams,etc...

 

[DREUTZ]

bi color blenny r known to nip. sps/clams,etc...

Didn't know he nipped until he was in the tank nipping! On a website it said reef safe and LFS guy said he was reef safe so I went and bought him. I found out recently not to trust liveaquaria as per the advice of another MR member, but also completely wrong of conflicting information that I've found on there....

O well, my next question is how am I gonna get rid of him and who wants him??

Do these pics look like the BCB did the damage or something else?

...I'm in the process of switching over to ESV salt over a 3-4 week period of mixing some ESV and some old salt, upping the ESV each WC until its 100% so as to not suddenly change stuff. I was planning on retesting all params once I'm done with that process to see what my new baseline values are. Bulk Reef Supply 2-part is coming Tuesday and once I have the ESV at 100% I was going to start dosing. So I don't have the real time params right now.

 

[jerl77]

how you going to get him out?

 

[DREUTZ]

O well, my next question is how am I gonna get rid of him and who wants him??

I was told to try to put a bottle in the tank vertically and not feed for a little while and then put food in the bottle and wait for him to swim in there. I've been reluctant to try this because I like him, but I'm ready to try to get him outta there.

 

[jerl77]

get your self a dart gun and go fishing :splitspin
let see $45 sps snack must be nice to have your cash lol

 

[jdnumis]

Doesn't pocillopora need a lot of light?

 

[jerl77]

yes dan is running leds should be more then he needs

Doesn't pocillopora need a lot of light?

 

[jdnumis]

ok great!

 

[sil3ncio]

Get him out, had the same problem with mine... But he solved the problem by jumping out the tank while I was out! And I have a mesh cover....


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[DREUTZ]

Doesn't pocillopora need a lot of light?

Jerl is right. I have it about 3/4 of the way up in my tank under the LED's and it gets a pretty good amount of flow from the vortec.

I need to talk to that guy that had the zapping mojanos thread and make a little bicolor blenny zapping prod to take his bicolor ass out!

 

[DREUTZ]

So does anyone have any opinions if this is my blenny or if it is a water quality issue? Do I need to test parameters and post that in order to get a response haha?

 

[KathyC]

So does anyone have any opinions if this is my blenny or if it is a water quality issue? Do I need to test parameters and post that in order to get a response haha?

While it wouldn't be a bad idea to test your water and post all of your parameters (changing salt should not affect it much- and you can post what your prior salt mix was), you stated in your first post he already nibbled his way through a plate coral and you have seen him nip at your SPS..so yeah, he needs to be re-homed (sounds so much nicer that way ) to someone elses tank if you want to keep SPS in there.