Weird fish behaviors

e048 · 12/11/2015, 03:00 PM

So after keeping fish for more than half of my life I have noticed some weird behaviors that I don't think are normal on certain individual fish so I figured I'd start this thread to see what everyone has experienced list the fish and what it did that was odd

Here's me:
6 line wrasse: never had an interest in nori until it saw my tang nibble on it now he eats nori off the clip like he's a tang

Longnose Hawkfish: I had a scooter dragonet in my tank and my hawkfish always made it a habit to sit on him

Kole tang: chasing and harassing a pseudochromis even though they look nothing alike and the dottyback was added before him

Lawnmower blenny: sitting on big squamosa clam and even sleeping under it at night

Occelaris clown: hosting a mag float, then a net, then a new powerhead

Diamond goby: picking up and carrying hermit crabs and dropping them from the top of the tank into a hole in the lr (like basketball)

e048 · 12/11/2015, 03:04 PM

Oh this one too

I worked at the zoo for awhile and we had a huge fake reef (1500+g) and in the reef there was a big airstone bubbler thing in one corner and this hippo tang would rub himself on the bubbles and play in them just him no other fish did this. I thought he was sick I went back to the zoo a few years later and he was still there doing his thing

Bent · 12/11/2015, 03:08 PM

My lawn mower blenny eats pellets. :shrug:

e048 · 12/11/2015, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Bent

My lawn mower blenny eats pellets. :shrug:

Mine does too but only after they hit the rocks

Bent · 12/11/2015, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by e048

Mine does too but only after they hit the rocks

Mine chases them out of the water column.

He also attacks my hand.

CStrickland · 12/11/2015, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Bent

Mine chases them out of the water column.
He also attacks my hand.

my starry is the devil. he even hates the linckia. who gets mad at a starfish?
If he's anything like my last cat this hateful streak will guarantee him a long and spiteful life. The nastier they are the longer they live it seems.

He sits on coral like E's LMB too. Whichever one cost the most or I like the best usually. He thinks my bowerbanki is his throne. Hubby wants to change his name from Antonin Scalia to Joffrey Targarian

Bent · 12/11/2015, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by CStrickland

my starry is the devil. he even hates the linckia. who gets mad at a starfish?
If he's anything like my last cat this hateful streak will guarantee him a long and spiteful life. The nastier they are the longer they live it seems.

He sits on coral like E's LMB too. Whichever one cost the most or I like the best usually. He thinks my bowerbanki is his throne. Hubby wants to change his name from Antonin Scalia to Joffrey Targarian

Yep that sounds about right.

Lol "who gets mad at a starfish?"

Totally stealing that quote.

e048 · 12/11/2015, 04:28 PM

I caught him (lmb) nesting on the nori clip just now lol

CStrickland · 12/11/2015, 05:51 PM

hehehe

IronMonkey · 12/11/2015, 06:07 PM

Similar sorts of weird:

Current tank has a solorensis wrasse that eats nori like it is going out of style, he will clear the clip in about 15 minutes. Also, young blue tang insists on sitting on top of the big lawnmower blenny no matter where they are in the tank.

Xxero · 12/11/2015, 10:00 PM

My Diamond Watchman Goby does the Hermit Crab carrying thing. He'll also grab passing Nassarius snails if they come out during feeding.

rffanat1c · 12/11/2015, 11:12 PM

My maroon pair used to sleep with the yellow tang at night. Now my female blood orange had been sleeping with the coral beauty until I got her a mate.

e048 · 12/12/2015, 08:49 AM

All my chromis sleep in the same hole in the lr at night

ucdcrew · 12/12/2015, 08:54 AM

My occelaris sleeps with her head down in the corner of the tank. My foxface consistently tries to wedge himself into places that he doesn't really fit. He also follows me around if I'm walking in the living room. My starry blenny hates nassarius snails - but if the fox face catches him bullying he'll send him to his hole for time out. My Allen's damsel is normal.

Drewl117 · 12/12/2015, 09:32 AM

I had a naso tang that would swim in front of the power head. He would go right in front of the power head and swim fast right in the current.
I also have a blue throat that plays basketball with snails and hermits. Once in a while he will grab a snail and smash it of the glass and shake his head like a dog playing with a toy. Then he gets a snail treat! Hahaha

12/11/2015, 03:00 PM	#1
e048 Registered Member. Join Date: Sep 2015 Posts: 598	Weird fish behaviors So after keeping fish for more than half of my life I have noticed some weird behaviors that I don't think are normal on certain individual fish so I figured I'd start this thread to see what everyone has experienced list the fish and what it did that was odd Here's me: 6 line wrasse: never had an interest in nori until it saw my tang nibble on it now he eats nori off the clip like he's a tang Longnose Hawkfish: I had a scooter dragonet in my tank and my hawkfish always made it a habit to sit on him Kole tang: chasing and harassing a pseudochromis even though they look nothing alike and the dottyback was added before him Lawnmower blenny: sitting on big squamosa clam and even sleeping under it at night Occelaris clown: hosting a mag float, then a net, then a new powerhead Diamond goby: picking up and carrying hermit crabs and dropping them from the top of the tank into a hole in the lr (like basketball)

12/11/2015, 03:08 PM	#3
Bent I got nothin' Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The anals Posts: 6,420	My lawn mower blenny eats pellets. :shrug: __________________ Quitters never lose. [QUOTE=CStrickland]Who gets mad at a starfish?[/QUOTE] Current Tank Info: 75g DT, 30G refugium, 10g chaeto tank, 50g stock tank basement sump

12/11/2015, 05:51 PM	#9
CStrickland Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: New England, U.S. Posts: 4,595	hehehe __________________ If you're havin tank problems I feel bad for you, son. I got 99 problems but a fish ain't one Current Tank Info: 3/2016 upgrade to 120g. Chalk bass, melanurus, firefish, starry blenny, canary blenny, lyretail anthias, engineer gobys, kole tang. Softies / LPS / NPS. <3 noob4life <3

12/11/2015, 06:07 PM	#10
IronMonkey Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Posts: 72	Similar sorts of weird: Current tank has a solorensis wrasse that eats nori like it is going out of style, he will clear the clip in about 15 minutes. Also, young blue tang insists on sitting on top of the big lawnmower blenny no matter where they are in the tank. __________________ 210gal, Radion xr30w pro, Radion mp40qd, 40gal sump, Apex w/PM2,WXM,ALD,PMK,EB8, Reeflo pump, Eheim Jager 300w, Vertex alpha 200, Tunze Osmolator, BRS Deluxe Carbon and GFO reactors

12/11/2015, 10:00 PM	#11
Xxero Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Oklahoma City Posts: 1,054	My Diamond Watchman Goby does the Hermit Crab carrying thing. He'll also grab passing Nassarius snails if they come out during feeding. __________________ "You Can Lead A Gift Horse To Water... But You Can't Make Him Look In Your Mouth." Current Tank Info: 65g Mixed Reef Display - 15g Macro Algae/Refugium - 40b Sump

12/11/2015, 03:04 PM	#2
e048 Registered Member. Join Date: Sep 2015 Posts: 598	Oh this one too I worked at the zoo for awhile and we had a huge fake reef (1500+g) and in the reef there was a big airstone bubbler thing in one corner and this hippo tang would rub himself on the bubbles and play in them just him no other fish did this. I thought he was sick I went back to the zoo a few years later and he was still there doing his thing

12/11/2015, 04:28 PM	#8
e048 Registered Member. Join Date: Sep 2015 Posts: 598	I caught him (lmb) nesting on the nori clip just now lol

12/11/2015, 11:12 PM	#12
rffanat1c Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Kenosha, WI Posts: 693	My maroon pair used to sleep with the yellow tang at night. Now my female blood orange had been sleeping with the coral beauty until I got her a mate.

12/12/2015, 08:49 AM	#13
e048 Registered Member. Join Date: Sep 2015 Posts: 598	All my chromis sleep in the same hole in the lr at night

12/12/2015, 08:54 AM	#14
ucdcrew Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Salt Lake City, UT Posts: 563	My occelaris sleeps with her head down in the corner of the tank. My foxface consistently tries to wedge himself into places that he doesn't really fit. He also follows me around if I'm walking in the living room. My starry blenny hates nassarius snails - but if the fox face catches him bullying he'll send him to his hole for time out. My Allen's damsel is normal. __________________ If it weren't for gravity and law enforcement, I'd be unstoppable! Current Tank Info: 25g nano, working on new 65g

12/12/2015, 09:32 AM	#15
Drewl117 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: NH Posts: 507	I had a naso tang that would swim in front of the power head. He would go right in front of the power head and swim fast right in the current. I also have a blue throat that plays basketball with snails and hermits. Once in a while he will grab a snail and smash it of the glass and shake his head like a dog playing with a toy. Then he gets a snail treat! Hahaha