Favorite reef Bio interactions?

doctormario777 · 05/02/2012, 05:00 PM

Hi, I was just wondering what some of your favorite reef specimen relationships have been. I'm thinking about things like cleaner gobies and larger fish, clownfish and anemonies, etc.

So what are some of your favorites in your tanks?

Misled · 05/02/2012, 07:02 PM

HaKs310 · 05/02/2012, 07:46 PM

Did a double take on that second picture!

Misled · 05/02/2012, 07:50 PM

Everybody's gotta eat!!!

doctormario777 · 05/02/2012, 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Misled

Everybody's gotta eat!!!

That's awesome!

Your aipastia's don't bother anyone else in the tank?

And what's the details on that first pic?

Misled · 05/02/2012, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by doctormario777

Your aipastia's don't bother anyone else in the tank?

It was an old experimental tank. It was set up with only them as a filter. Lasted 2 years before I took it down.

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And what's the details on that first pic?

Just a blood shrimp cleaning a purple psudocromis. If you notice, the fish is upsidedown. He did that everytime he was being cleaned. Always thought it was funny.

Polahbear · 05/02/2012, 10:17 PM

Love a goby/pistol shrimp pair

doctormario777 · 05/02/2012, 11:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Polahbear

Love a goby/pistol shrimp pair

Do you keep your pistol shrimp in a reef setup? Ever have any problems with him?

NatureNerd · 05/02/2012, 11:53 PM

My neon gobies ride around on my BT tang almost every night just as the lights go out. Hard to photograph because they wait until it is too dark to get a shot. I had no idea that a fish that is less than three inches long would accept being cleaned by a fish just a bit smaller than it. It looks rather funny.

That, and of course, my LTA and clownfish symbiosis.

doctormario777 · 05/02/2012, 11:57 PM

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Originally Posted by NatureNerd

My neon gobies ride around on my BT tang almost every night just as the lights go out. Hard to photograph because they wait until it is too dark to get a shot. I had no idea that a fish that is less than three inches long would accept being cleaned by a fish just a bit smaller than it. It looks rather funny.

That, and of course, my LTA and clownfish symbiosis.

Very cool. Love the screen name, btw.

feh · 05/03/2012, 09:49 AM

Does my arm in the tank count? I can't feed my corals without the cleaner shrimp bouncing around on my hand and the clowns biting at my arm hair.

R_Hudson · 05/03/2012, 10:14 AM

Wow, Great question!

I would probably have to say my Cirrhilabrus roseafascia or Rose banded wrasse. Very personable, and one of my favorite fish.

hoju74 · 05/03/2012, 10:15 AM

Probably a jawfish attempting to use cerith snails to reinforce his burrow.

aleonn · 05/03/2012, 01:41 PM

For my tank, I enjoy seeing my: diamond goby bringing cerith and nassarius snails into his burrow; cleaner shrimp interacting with fish; and clownfish playing in their BTA.

05/02/2012, 05:00 PM	#1
doctormario777 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 79	Favorite reef Bio interactions? Hi, I was just wondering what some of your favorite reef specimen relationships have been. I'm thinking about things like cleaner gobies and larger fish, clownfish and anemonies, etc. So what are some of your favorites in your tanks?

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HaKs310 Forever Learning Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Whittier, CA Posts: 1,241	Did a double take on that second picture! __________________ IM Fusion Pro 20 Peninsula \| Nanobox Duo Plus M \| AquaIllumination Nero 3 \| XP Aqua Duetto Dual-Sensor ATO \| Eheim Jager 75w Heater

05/02/2012, 07:50 PM	#4
Misled RC Mod Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, Pa Posts: 11,440 Blog Entries: 11	Everybody's gotta eat!!! __________________ Jesse I'm not saying I'm Batman. I'm just saying nobody has ever seen me and Batman in a room together.

05/02/2012, 11:53 PM	#9
NatureNerd Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: SF Bay Area, CA Posts: 877	My neon gobies ride around on my BT tang almost every night just as the lights go out. Hard to photograph because they wait until it is too dark to get a shot. I had no idea that a fish that is less than three inches long would accept being cleaned by a fish just a bit smaller than it. It looks rather funny. That, and of course, my LTA and clownfish symbiosis. __________________ Reef tanks since 1987. Current tank: 75g SPS dominated reef tank set up in 1996

05/02/2012, 10:17 PM	#7
Polahbear Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Saginaw Michigan Posts: 94	Love a goby/pistol shrimp pair

05/03/2012, 09:49 AM	#11
feh Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Atlanta area Posts: 535	Does my arm in the tank count? I can't feed my corals without the cleaner shrimp bouncing around on my hand and the clowns biting at my arm hair.

05/03/2012, 10:14 AM	#12
R_Hudson Just having fun Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Tulsa, Ok. Posts: 990	Wow, Great question! I would probably have to say my Cirrhilabrus roseafascia or Rose banded wrasse. Very personable, and one of my favorite fish. __________________ I don't pay to have my dirty work done for me. I do it myself. Ted Nugent

05/03/2012, 10:15 AM	#13
hoju74 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: New Lenox IL Posts: 304	Probably a jawfish attempting to use cerith snails to reinforce his burrow. __________________ 65g w/ 20 Long sump

05/03/2012, 01:41 PM	#14
aleonn Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 4,041	For my tank, I enjoy seeing my: diamond goby bringing cerith and nassarius snails into his burrow; cleaner shrimp interacting with fish; and clownfish playing in their BTA.