OCT: EA PHOTO - Symbiotic Relationships
 

The winner will be determined by you, the voters, and the winner will receive a framed picture



Contest Rules are as follows:

1) You must follow the guidelines given for each contest

2) ALL members including vendors can enter, I just ask that the picture is from a personal or display tank, not store stock.

3) As long as YOU take the picture and it fits the guidelines you can enter it, I don’t care whose tank it’s from

4) First come, first serve up to 20. But do not hesitate to continue posting pictures if 20 were already posted.

5) Each can post as many pictures as they want, but only ONE can be entered. Please specify which one when posting multiple pictures or I will choose for you.

6) Have Fun!

I know you folks can do this one, lots of options. I was also corrected on my definition of symbiotic by my lovely girlfriend who needs to remember she's an engineer now not a biologist, you've been converted.
Anyways I guess they don't both have to benefit as there are three types of symbiotic relationships. I'll probably be corrected again but:
1) Both benefit
2) One benefits
3) Neither benefit
I would love to see examples of all these! Oh and if you disagree on the definition let me know cause I love feeding the fire :mrgreen:

Can you give an example of a symbiotic relationship where neither benefits? I'm not challenging your definition, I'm just really curious!

So the relationship between me and my wallet is what? #2? #3? Maybe we need a 2.5.

That's a good one, Catherine. For #3, I was thinking Britney Spears and K-Fed....but I don't think I'll be able to get a picture of them anytime soon.

Wait there's more!

Mutualism: both species benefit
Commensalism: one species benefits, the other is unaffected
Parasitism: one species benefits, the other is harmed
Competition: neither species benefits
Neutralism: both species are unaffected

Not sure if all those are right, but I guess there are many types, more than listed so have fun with this one.

I'll leave the examples up to you.

Are we forgetting clownfish and their 'nems?? :D Or pistol shrimp and their gobies? How about coral and zooxanthellae? Cleaner shrimp and fish? Do those count?

Isn't there a deepwater cucumber that has a shrimp or fish that lives up it's bum? THAT'S a funny one! (Tho I doubt it lives in the home aquarium :)


Maybe I'll learn to use my camera today :)

"Parasitism"

My 5 fish tanks/ponds and my wallet.

Good relationship that I'm sure we all have.

This is my personal favorite:

http://www.infectiousvideos.com/inde...aily&a=playvid

Holy Moley! Gives new meaning to the "Not tonight dear, I have a "head" ache."
I've heard of trouser snakes, but not trouser fish.