Acro Frag Not Extending Polyps?

[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.