yellow clown goby and milli

calkrog · #1 01-12-2008, 10:03 PM

i have had a lime green millepora for a couple of months and it seemed pretty happy with great polyp extension. i then did some water testing and noticed my calcium had crept down to 350 ppm. i then upped it to 425, but at the same time added a yellow clown goby. this goby is hanging out in the mille all the time and now i am not getting very much extension. levels are much better so i figure it must be the goby. any thoughts on this?

untamed · #2 01-12-2008, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by calkrog

i have had a lime green millepora for a couple of months and it seemed pretty happy with great polyp extension. i then did some water testing and noticed my calcium had crept down to 350 ppm. i then upped it to 425, but at the same time added a yellow clown goby. this goby is hanging out in the mille all the time and now i am not getting very much extension. levels are much better so i figure it must be the goby. any thoughts on this?

I would guess that it is the Goby that is causing this. I wouldn't try to do anything about it though. That's how yellow clown gobys behave and I don't think that your milli is in any jeapordy as a result.

SeaHorse_Fanatic · #3 01-12-2008, 10:54 PM

I've had clown gobies that liked to nip at sps polyps. I also saw some at a friend's that like to sit in his sps.

calkrog · #4 01-12-2008, 10:57 PM

i dont notice any nipping and i sit and watch for quite a while, but it just hangs out in there. looks pretty cool other then the fact that i dont have awesome polyp extension anymore.

fishytime · #5 01-13-2008, 01:42 AM

I have a hermit that like to get himself wedged in my birdsnest. Had to use the jaws of life once.....bonehead crab. Didnt seem to damage the coral any, except when I had to frag it to get it out!!!