My Royal Gramma is soo cool, I had stuffed a ball of chaeto in the corner of my DT to boost my pod population about a week ago. I had seen it with a piece in its mouth the other day and bring it into its cave reminding me of a bird building a nest and I thought that was pretty cool.
Tonight I saw him struggling with a piece of chaeto about 10” long with 3-4 strands intertwined and thought he was bringing it to his cave but nope, instead of bringing it to his cave he brought it back to the ball of chaeto and started tucking it into the ball, it floated back away and he immediately grabbed it and went to back to work tucking in all the loose strands until it stayed, I was blown away at his effort to get it to stay and after he was done he hovered for a minute and lunged in grabbing a big copepod.
Does he realize he has a little copepod farm going and is protecting it or does he like his home neat, whatever the reason it is fascinating.
I have kept fish since I was a little kid catching minnows and crayfish in the brook, about 6 years ago I setup my first SW tank but had to relinquish due to a major renovation in my house 2 years later. I went back to FW for 2 years because I have always had fish and needed something but found them so boring in comparison I just had to get back into reef keeping and so glad I did. So much more work and money but definitely much more interesting and rewarding.
Tonight I saw him struggling with a piece of chaeto about 10” long with 3-4 strands intertwined and thought he was bringing it to his cave but nope, instead of bringing it to his cave he brought it back to the ball of chaeto and started tucking it into the ball, it floated back away and he immediately grabbed it and went to back to work tucking in all the loose strands until it stayed, I was blown away at his effort to get it to stay and after he was done he hovered for a minute and lunged in grabbing a big copepod.
Does he realize he has a little copepod farm going and is protecting it or does he like his home neat, whatever the reason it is fascinating.
I have kept fish since I was a little kid catching minnows and crayfish in the brook, about 6 years ago I setup my first SW tank but had to relinquish due to a major renovation in my house 2 years later. I went back to FW for 2 years because I have always had fish and needed something but found them so boring in comparison I just had to get back into reef keeping and so glad I did. So much more work and money but definitely much more interesting and rewarding.