Clownfish eating coral

[Ricety6]

My juvenile ocellaris clown will not leave my candy cane coral alone. At first I assumed that it was starting to host it by sucking on it but I watched closely and noticed that it was ripping off flesh. I feed the tank twice a week because its only a ten gallon. To test whether or not this was why the clownfish was ripping the coral I fed him and he continued. Has this happened to anyone else?

 

[Mr.Rodrigo502]

Wow twice a week... they must starve to the point they are eating corals... I feed twice a day. I don't think size of tank matters how much you feed... each fish needs a happy belly. Twice a week... your gonna have anorexia looking fish.


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[tmanmtb]

Agreed I feed once a day. Got to keep them fat and happy


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[B.rian]

i feed flakes once a day on an auto-feeder, and then i feed frozen a few times per week as i remember before the lights shut off.

 

[CAPSLOCK]

Sometimes it starts with a fish being hungry and trying something, and then it can acquire a taste for that coral.

Also all fish are individuals. I have a royal gramma who eats shrimp (large peppermints).

 

[Ricety6]

Thanks everyone, I will start feeding more and hope he stops