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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 :D.

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. :D

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?

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 :razz:

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

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