yellow clown goby and sps

[tgoeujon]

i picked up a mated pair of yellow clown gobies on the weekend and im not sure but it looks like they may be going after the polyps on my millipora. does this make sense to anyone or am i worrying for nothing.

[Diana]

Clown gobies are perchers that live on colonies of SPS in the wild. They snuggle in and nuzzle up. I have never seen one do any damage to SPS. Then again, I had a blenny that ended up eating my clams. So you never know. They are actually nipping the polyps?

[Keri]

Is there any possibility of pods or parasites on the SPS that they are going after?
They are usually compatible but nothing is ever set in stone

[marie]

If they are a mated pair they could be clearing a space to lay eggs.

On the other hand they could be like my yellow clown goby and will be just having a light lunch... saving room for a big dinner of acropora tissue

[tgoeujon]

if they start to be to much of an issue im going fishing

[Aquattro]

I've always heard of them doing this.

[wickedfrags]

I had a yellow one before that liked to nip at SPS polyps - had to go. Easy thing was catching him, just pick up the coral. No more of these guys for my tank...

Originally Posted by tgoeujon

i picked up a mated pair of yellow clown gobies on the weekend and im not sure but it looks like they may be going after the polyps on my millipora. does this make sense to anyone or am i worrying for nothing.

[WhoPoopWrasse]

I have a mated pair and they never did anything to the coral, probably they are just munching on crap/pods on the coral. Are the polyps still extended? If so no damage done. I love my little guys, they lay eggs every week or so and yesterday the eggs actually hatched in the morning so I got to see the little ones for about an hour before they disappeared

On a side not what does it take to rear these little guys?