Odd behaviors

[Mark_C]

So, the 30g is settled down and I’ve got 2 interesting personalities.

My urchin prefers live camouflage and seems to always be covered in small ceriths and macroalgae...


And I’ve got an orchid dottyback thats adopted his own coral, which he insists on filling with sand. Took this pic just now, but 2 hours ago i emptied it of sand. By this afternoon it’ll probably be filled to the brim.
Guess ot gives both of us something to do each day.


How bout you folks?

 

[MadReefer]

I placed scroll up high to avoid that. So now one of the fish do that my green leather coral.

 

[tylr9m482]

My urchin also likes to re-decorate and likes picking up my corals, small rocks, etc whenever he can handle it. I've found a few frags dead or with tissue loss in the sand due to this. Makes me consider if he's worth keeping but haven't banished him just yet!

 

[NikkiT]

The urchin in our display has been carrying around a blue leg hermit for about a week.

 

[Sponge]

My urchin loves wearing hats. And my orchid dotty indiscriminately covers corals with sand all the time. So far I’ve been able deal with it. As the corals don’t seem to be to badly effected by this behavior

 

[radiata]

Thirty-five something years ago my two Engineer Gobies tried to kill a really nice blue carpet anemone by covering it with sand. While I do admit that I love Fridmani Dottybacks, I strongly suspect that it is trying to kill the coral it is covering ~ perhaps it had been previously stung by it...

 

[radiata]

My urchin also likes to re-decorate and likes picking up my corals, small rocks, etc whenever he can handle it. I've found a few frags dead or with tissue loss in the sand due to this. Makes me consider if he's worth keeping but haven't banished him just yet!

If your urchin is a Globe (red or blue), I'll take it off your hands if you aren't located too far from me...

 

[tylr9m482]

Short spine white urchin

 

[nano1908]

My buddy thought he had a Halloween Costume, trying to disguise himself as a chocolate chip starfish. Lol. The other photo was when he grabbed a shell with Zoas and held them upside down as a hat! Lol.

Love him though. An algea monster! Cleans the tank unbelievably well.