Acro Frag Not Extending Polyps?

[Samw]

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[Xtasia]

I think in the wilderness there is enough acro to spread the harassment around so that no acro suffers severely.. however in a small hobbyiest environment there just isn't enough acro to go around.. they also tend to pick a favorite dont' they? always your nicest ones. .i guess pretty acros taste the sweetest .

Well i don't think the books like to mention that the gobies are 1 inch of acropora munching evilness.. bad to stock these sorts of books in stores selling Clown gobies.

Could be that the polyps didn't extend because it was feeling stressed from being burned.. If you take a flourscent light acro and introduce it to bright MH it does undergo alot of stress.. despite it probably wanting the bright light... maybe that's what happened with you?

[christyf5]

Originally Posted by Xtasia

I think in the wilderness there is enough acro to spread the harassment around so that no acro suffers severely.. however in a small hobbyiest environment there just isn't enough acro to go around.. they also tend to pick a favorite dont' they? always your nicest ones. .i guess pretty acros taste the sweetest .

I totally agree. I think part of the problem is that clown gobies don't really pose much of a problem to SPS colonies but they can make short work of a frag. I think frags have a hard enough time with their size without a goby munching away or sitting on their polyps

[AndyL]

Now... Although they're basically sold interchangeably in the hobby... Isn't it the yellow clown that's safe, and the citron goby that's a SPS nibbler?

Splitting hairs, more so since they're pretty much considered as the same species - even though they're different.

Andy

[christyf5]

Actually I've had a brown one and a yellow one. Same results for both.