In the CHS tank I had collected several small frags of various zoas and palys (I am a moron at telling the diffs), but then got into the fishy elements a bit too much. I acquired a coral beauty and then spent six months planning and prepping, and now keeping (two years strong) a regal angelfish. And almost without notice, most of the what-I-used-to-call-button-polyps have, of course, disappeared. Most. I still have some that I think are called purple deaths, and I think they are palys. And another large patch of common green plays that I wish anything would eat, shred, or otherwise do away with. And bout three orange bam-bams (I am pretty sure those are zoas) down in a crack and out of reach. I have since passed the coral beauty on, but the regal is the prize in the tank and is staying. But I would like to add some more zoa/paly types for filler and color (after I fix a bryopsis issue first).
So . . . do fish eat palys like they do zoas? I am not certain that the regal or the coral beauty ate the zoos--I expect the regal, but who knows. I do not want to waste $$$ on corals to be a nice snack. Is it the play-toxin that may keep them away? Any ideas/experience welcome.
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So . . . do fish eat palys like they do zoas? I am not certain that the regal or the coral beauty ate the zoos--I expect the regal, but who knows. I do not want to waste $$$ on corals to be a nice snack. Is it the play-toxin that may keep them away? Any ideas/experience welcome.
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