[ianizaguirre]

i have three small frags of Xiena and about 2 weeks ago one of them closed and has not opened it could be from something else but the other two are doing fine and just recently i have noticed my flame angel nipping on them every time he is near the rock but its just one nip so i guess they get nipped at least twice a day or sometimes when i see not at all .... is this a big deal or not cuz after he nips it opens up again (that polyp) so is a big deal can i leave everything the way it is with them still surviving .. like can they live like this?

[Jason L]

give it more food!

[nunch]

Angels are curious, playful fish. He could just be investigating or playing. they're a lil tricky too you can have them together for months and the angel will pay no mind and then one day wake up and your xenia's gone.

[ianizaguirre]

Yea but can the xiean survive like this with a couple of nips now and then ?

[nunch]

I do not know, it's a gamble. you said one closed up already, right...

[nunch]

I had a small xenia frag and lost it about a month and a half ago i don't know what happened but i suspect it was my blue angel. it had about 8-10 heads on it, when i woke up, it only had 2 and they just died off.

[NOSAJ214]

Depends what kind of xenia it is,but they are usually pretty vigourous growers,unless they are getting eatan.So i would try to hide them if you can a little bit.Overfeeding isnt going to stop him from nipping.With flames you take a 50/50 chance that they will or wont pick at corals.After all it is an angel.And what i meant by which xenia it is because they tend to pick long tentacle brown xenia.

[ianizaguirre]

i think thats the one i have its like a tan color (the xiena)

[WILLIAM1]

I dont believe flame angels are reef compatible!!! Mostly soft corals...

[ianizaguirre]

they are its just the polyps i think they have problems with like he dosent touch my purple glove polyps but he does with my tan xiena