Hilarious fish
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I had a wrasse (Christmas) that attacked the tank every time I wore a maroon shirt. Seriously dove straight at the tank to me. I would have to cover up or it would injure itself. I mean, I know maroon is not my color, but really...
Also, while helping at our public aquarium, I would get squirted at by puffers if I did not feed fast enough. They are funny.
Also, while helping at our public aquarium, I would get squirted at by puffers if I did not feed fast enough. They are funny.
i_declare_bankruptcy
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I was standing a few feet away from my tank (with the hood up), checking it out. Out of nowhere my zebra dartfish jumps out of the tank at a very high velocity, missile-like, and strikes me in the neck. Right on the adams apple! It actually surprised me so much it knocked me off balance and I keeled over. When the fish hit me there was a slap so loud my gf at the time came out of the room to see what was going on! It was hilarious but scared me pretty good lol
Was it trying to make your girlfriend jealous or did you do something deserving a good slap?
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Sam816
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I would like to add hawkfish to this category.
My flame hawkfish (the judge) loves to sit atop my wavemaker and judge everything I do(hence the name) lol
If I am late in feeding then he swims to the front pane and rockets straight up to water surface with its eyes fixed on me.
I do have a net cover for jump protection.
Daniel@R2R
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Not strange behavior at all, but we have a clownfish that my son named "bad guy fish" when he was 2 years old. Funny thing about this was that it's the female of the pair. The reason he named her "bad guy fish" was because she always bites my hand every time I reach into the tank. Every. Single. Time.
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Woodchip
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What type of fish is that I just got my first tank and am letting it cycle so I don’t know tons of different types of fish my best guess is some tile of blenny
rwreef
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Correct, lawnmower blenny. Blenny in general have lots of personality. I highly recommend.
CanuckReefer
Simple...Salt, Water, LR, Lighting and Flow.
My 16 year Ocellaris....not overly funny, but in his old age bites me viciously like an upset senior with their dinner in long term care. Some would get rid of him stat, but I wear my scars proudly...he is my guy.
Mine too. I call him Larry
Clownfish_Boy
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I once had a leopard puffer that had a lot of personality. One night, while vacuuming the substrate, the HOB filter suddenly began making a lot of noise and ceased its flow. I noticed that the strainer guard had fallen off the end of the tube. I removed its lift tube and look inside it, and there was that puffer ! He had inflated himself, stopping himself in the tube, and he quickly deflated and slipped out and back into the tank.
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Dark_Knightt
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Idk not really me, and it wasnt really that funny, cuz i was really worried at first, but I was at my LFS, they had just received a massive shipment of saltwater fish, and had gotten a few porcuipine puffers. I noticed that one of them was lying upside down on the bottom of the tank, and the other was seemingly "stuck" in the overflow. I went and told my friend who is the lead "fishguy" at the store and he said "oh dont worry they're just being typical puffers." I was like "im sorry what??" 5 mins later both puffers are happily swimming around, not a care in the world. I would love to have a nice puffer, but worried about my corals. Valentini maybe?
