Can A Coral Be Humped To Death?

[theyangman]

..... by a clownfish?

My torch coral has lost a head, and I am wondering if a clown can irratate the coral enough with its constant humping that it can kill off part of the coral? The rest of the coral is fine btw.

 

[bart84]

Sure it can. It won't let the head out to eat

 

[TORX]

Yup. Mine hosted to a hairy mushroom. No idea where it went now lol. Also heard of them pissing off an elegance to death as well, but mine all seem happy together so far.

 

[theyangman]

I have three anenomes in my tank, and they seem to only host in the smallest of my two torch corals. Like I mentioned the one clown humped one of the heads to death, but they won't move...

 

[reeferkeeper420]

+1 to what everyone said. Clowns can really stress out corals if they decide to host them.

 

[reeferkeeper420]

What kind of clowns are they? Can u qt the torch in ur sump? And give them a chance to host the nems and give the torch a chance to recover.

 

[theyangman]

The torch is doing fine other than the trio of heads has become a pair. But the nems are kinda eyeballing the other torch now....

 

[saltyair]

Lol the nerve of those clown fish lol

Best thing to do is cover the torch with a bottle or similar clear plastic. Can take a few days but usually works.
What kind of nems? Lta is the most common success

 

[Stevesault]

Damn teenage clown fish nowa days. They will hump anything that smiles at them............ To far? Lol

 

[Big_Als_London]

The problem is most Ocellaris clown fish host in Heteractus Magnifica and so they choose not to host bubbletip nems. Torch corals closely resemble the magnifica on a smaller scale so they feel more comftable with the torch. I have heard of many clown fish killing torch corals.

 

[heath]

WTH, I've never heard of a clown humping a torch to death, well guess what, my clowns have done in one of my torches, the big girl is busy with eggs and the boys have now gone crazy.. dam boys..

 

[JamesHurst]

Lol. Ive lost maybe 9 plus euphillia colonies over the last few years due to my maroon clown loving them to death. Still, i love her haha.