Interesting fish interactions

[Lyss]

I just put three of these little captive bred eviota gobies in my tank on Wed and they did amazing right from the start (TY, Biota!). But this one in particular (see pictured) is especially bold and cute. On day two it began to venture up higher in the tank and show interest in living with my tailspot blenny in the barnacles — TSB says “no” but seems to be warming up lol.

Anyway, I witnessed an interaction y’day afternoon that really grabbed me. I didn’t get it on video b/c I was afraid if I moved I might disturb the interaction, so instead I just observed this little tiny goby swim up to where the TSB was perched on a rock behind the barnacles and hover in front of him — they stayed face to face like this checking e/o out for a good 30 seconds or more before the little goby swam away.

I have no idea what this behavior or communication between the two species of fish meant, but by how relaxed both fish appeared, it didn’t look even close to any sort of challenge. The little one continues to try to live with the TSB, and both fish continue to peacefully check e/o out.

Just a cute little story, and I was wondering if others have experienced interesting interactions between different species of fish in your tanks…

 

[i cant think]

The gobies look beautiful and well settled! I have seen a strange thing happen with my Escenius lineatus and my Gobiodon acicularis. It was adorable though,I’ll try find a photo of it - It was basically the goby sat on the blenny and they just sat on the rock with eachother happily watching what happened outside the tank.

Here it is

neither of them cared and just sat there chilling with eachother. It was adorable.

 

[Lyss]

The gobies look beautiful and well settled! I have seen a strange thing happen with my Escenius lineatus and my Gobiodon acicularis. It was adorable though,I’ll try find a photo of it - It was basically the goby sat on the blenny and they just sat on the rock with eachother happily watching what happened outside the tank.

Here it is

neither of them cared and just sat there chilling with eachother. It was adorable.

This gives me hope that my TSB may eventually fully accept the little guy living w/him.

 

[blaxsun]

We had a pair of pictus blennies, midas blenny and orchid dottyback all living in the same barnacle (roughly the size of yours). At night they’d be joined by a cleaner wrasse who’d curl up in one of the spare holes. Each had their own very specific living space.

 

[DeniseAndy]

My little black bellies are very bold now. They are out and about a lot. I do not have any blennies in there though. More gobies. They are so cute.
Was the toadstool from Biota too. Mine looks similar from them.

 

[Lyss]

My little black bellies are very bold now. They are out and about a lot. I do not have any blennies in there though. More gobies. They are so cute.
Was the toadstool from Biota too. Mine looks similar from them.

How long have you had them? I’m liking them more every day, they’re very cute.

And yes, the toadstool was from Biota!

 

[DeniseAndy]

Over a year and a half.
I had five. Lost one right away. Had four, but only ever saw three so assumed lost one early on. Then one day I was doing water change, counted three and thought good, have them all. A day later found one in sink. Ugh. Had four.
Just a couple weeks ago, doing water change ill. Not smart. Saw something on floor thought was a bristle worm and did not double check till too late. So, down to two. Really sucks.
I love these guys.

 

[Lyss]

Over a year and a half.
I had five. Lost one right away. Had four, but only ever saw three so assumed lost one early on. Then one day I was doing water change, counted three and thought good, have them all. A day later found one in sink. Ugh. Had four.
Just a couple weeks ago, doing water change ill. Not smart. Saw something on floor thought was a bristle worm and did not double check till too late. So, down to two. Really sucks.
I love these guys.

Ugh, I will have to be mindful when doing water changes. They are really tiny, and I’ve got two hiders and the one that is bold and out all the time — I imagine it’d be easy to suck one up that was hiding and you couldn’t see. I’m hopeful the other two will hide less as time goes on.

I’m glad to hear you’ve had them over a year and a half. I read that in the wild they have extremely short life spans, like a few months, and was wondering what that meant for keeping the captive bred ones.

 

[Lyss]

I found one hiding in this shell, and I’m kinda dead. They’re too cute.

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

Haha! Cute little guys!

 

[Lyss]

Another photo of the shell dweller. I’m calling this one Shelly. Lots of interaction between these three — one has been making visits to the other two at their home bases throughout the day.

 

[Dave-T]

This gives me hope that my TSB may eventually fully accept the little guy living w/him.

TSB? Not in the reefing dictionary!

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[i cant think]

TSB? Not in the reefing dictionary!

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That’s old - Many fish now have slang names that aren’t in the thread. Also PBT in that only stands for “Powder Blue Tang” but now it can stand for two of the Powder Tangs, the second being “Powder Brown Tang”
Hope this helps:
TSB = Tail Spot Blenny.
Man we need an updated reefing dictionary for the amount of new words we’ve added!