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08/17/2018, 04:14 PM | #1 |
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Tang, strange behavior
We need a forum called something like "fish psychoanalysis"
Why is my Purple Tang swimming into my Montipora Cap and doing this for about an minute than swimming away only to return a few minutes later an doing it again? https://photos.app.goo.gl/3tpmjtGxC1yytgjP8
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08/17/2018, 04:36 PM | #2 |
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Do tangs do the same egg fanning thing clowns do?
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08/17/2018, 05:30 PM | #3 | |
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08/17/2018, 05:32 PM | #4 |
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No, does not appear to be rubbing.
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08/17/2018, 05:37 PM | #5 |
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Hmm that is very strange. Maybe it is mistaking the bright color of the monti for a type of cleaner.
I had an anthias that would stand next to a red glass thermometer over and over again. Is stopped doing it after I got red cleaner shrimp, now it does the same behavior towards the shrimp. I assume the bright red color of the thermometer caused the anthias to mistake it for a cleaner shrimp. Do you have any cleaner shrimp or cleaner fish like neon gobies? |
08/17/2018, 06:25 PM | #6 |
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Maybe he's trying to tell somebody to stay clear, this is mine?
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08/18/2018, 09:20 AM | #7 |
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looks stressed to me.
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08/18/2018, 09:44 AM | #8 |
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No cleaners in the tank
Stress is doubtful. I have had him for 3+ years and this behavior has just started. No new additions to the tank in over 6 months. The bully in the tank is my Atlantic Blue but he pretty much only goes after my Two Barred rabbitfish and that is only at feeding time. He doesn't like to share.
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08/18/2018, 09:27 PM | #10 |
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I have two thoughts: one, there's good flow there. My brown tang does similar in the current of a powerhead.
Second: he's about to poop and he can catch the poop better if he does it there. Mine does that as well. |
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08/20/2018, 10:07 AM | #13 |
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I thought only dogs did that. I had a dog that would stand by the cat box when the cat went, to get it straight from the oven. sorry, disgusting.
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