Curious

[Scdell]

I'm curious if anyone has noticed their fish happier when the corals grow out? As my sps grow I'm noticing happier fish. After all it's what they are used to! That's the point no? Make them comfortable.

 

[Flippers4pups]

Define happier.

 

[Gareth elliott]

Mine only ever smile when I stub my toe on furniture in front of the tank.

 

[Scdell]

Mine only ever smile when I stub my toe on furniture in front of the tank.

dang that's funny!

 

[Scdell]

Define happier.

Well, hard to explain. They just seem happier. Less stress, more comfrotable. If you watch your tank you know these things.

 

[BarSnackz]

maybe they're just getting more comfortable with the tank along with your corals

 

[Scdell]

maybe they're just getting more comfortable with the tank along with your corals

That's what I'm saying. You have to remember, they lived on a coral reef. They are used to corals being there. It's like us, take yourself out of what you are used to. It will take a while to get used to a new thing and we would tend to replicate our past surrounding's for comfort.

 

[KrisReef]

More natural cover, perhaps?

Maybe they release coral fragrance into the system.

 

[Scdell]

Yeah I see that! Again it's what they are used to.

 

[ZoWhat]

IMO.

Corals are growing bc of better water quality...so by default the fish are happier bc of the better water quality....not necessarily bc corals are growing is there a direct correlation

 

[norfolkgarden]

IMO.

Corals are growing bc of better water quality...so by default the fish are happier bc of the better water quality....not necessarily bc corals are growing is there a direct correlation

True, but if you only keep soft corals alive then your water quality can still be terrible and the soft corals can outlive the fish.

Yes, I would expect them to be more comfortable in a grown out system. Even if the corals are not native to the fish's part of the world.
It just looks more natural with growing things.
I would expect that a lot of reef fish are programmed to search out something beyond a rock or sand desert in nature if a storm pushes them out of their normal habitat.

Not really, but sort of like 'dither' fish make other skittish fish more comfortable.

Like we have transitioned from keeping zoo animals in bare cages to habitats.
It has been over 25 years since I had the chance to visit the San Diego zoo. My figures may be completely off but the ratio should be good.
When we visited they said the animals in the exhibits were estimated at 1 million dollars.
Replacing the plants in the habitats were estimated at 2 to 3 million dollars.