A troubled Toadstool

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  1. Siddique

    Siddique Dragon Wrasse

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    Hey Guys,
    I have a huge, very nice toadstool but for the past couple days, my clowns and my domino damsel won't allow the toadstool to open fully. They're always resting and brushing against it.
    Would this badly affect the toadstool? I mean will these three fish eventually kill my leather?
    If they do, I will kill those three pests lol::)
    Thanks
     

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  3. unclejed

    unclejed Whip-Lash Squid

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    No, they won't kill it but if they keep pestering it, it may stay retracted and it is a beautiful specimen so you don't want that. I would remove the Domino, they get real cantankerous, I'm surprised he leaves the others alone. Adding an Anemone Mushroom (some call them "Fuzzy") may get the clown to mistake it for a true anemone and keep it's attention.
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  4. Siddique

    Siddique Dragon Wrasse

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    Thanks Jed,
    I've tried in the past to remove the domino and will keep trying but it's so difficult with all those rocks in there. I have some fuzzy mushrooms in there but the clowns don't give it the time of day. At night when the toadstool is closed, they switch their attention to the open brain and the domino hides somewhere in the rocks.
     
  5. liegeofinveracity

    liegeofinveracity Coral Banded Shrimp

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    damsel must go! toadstools are hard to kill relatively speaking but just the same if the damsel leaves him alone it will be because they found something else to terrorize/destroy
     
  6. Siddique

    Siddique Dragon Wrasse

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    Believe me, I try to get him out. One day during a remodel, I'll try a bit harder to remove him. Hope he doesn't terrorize my toadstool too much in the mean time. As for the other fish, he leaves them all alone. For now:-X