Lawnmower Blenny taking chunks out of my torches?

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Has anyone had their Lawnmower Blenny eat or bite their Euphyllia? I have been finding tentacles around the tank and my lawnmower sitting right in the middle of my torches. None of my other fish seem to ever go near them. This guy is fairly large and I should add that he bites me too. He also chases my other fish from time to time.

would I be better off moving him to my softie tank?

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That would be the first I've heard, but if he's also biting you I probably wouldn't put it past him...
Same here! He just seems like the only likely culprit but I haven’t actually seen him do it. Maybe he’s just trying to clean the bases and gets a mouthful on accident? They’re really expensive mouthfuls though and I love my little torch collection! :crying-face:
He does get a little aggressive when it comes to cleaning rocks and literally any snail, crab, my Derasa clam’s shell, etc that could even possibly have algae on it. The dude sits on the algae clip so he can eat all the nori without having to swim up to it. SMH
 
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Mine is constantly hanging out on top of corals (pretty much anywhere he decides to crater between meals). He's the very epitome of the world's largest saltwater chicken with his own shadow spooking him. :rolling-on-the-floor-laughing:
 
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