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Old 12/07/2007, 06:15 PM
Pmolan Pmolan is offline
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Hippo... Odd behavior.

Just wondering if anyone else has a hippo tang that plays football. He picks up a little chunk of rock then swims around with it in his mouth. This will go on for 30 seconds at a time then drops it. He really po's the diamond goby. The goby will then take it and fling it away off his nice sand bed. Strange.
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Old 12/07/2007, 06:16 PM
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Sounds pretty awesome to me.
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Old 12/07/2007, 06:29 PM
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Yeah mine does the samething, don't know why.
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Old 12/07/2007, 07:11 PM
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Mine did that for a while, now he attacks the front of the tank.
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Old 12/07/2007, 08:30 PM
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a friends picks up corals and moves them all the time...the like to rearrange the tank.
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Old 12/07/2007, 08:32 PM
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They like to move things around.

I have seen them move corals and rock just because they can...
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Old 12/07/2007, 08:36 PM
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Yeah I wish all mine did was pick rocks up and move them. No mine has a taste for $120 corals. that and he likes to swim up and down in the corner were my 2 chromis's breed in.
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Old 12/07/2007, 09:45 PM
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I have a clown that pushes over any rocks or coral that she doesnt like near her anemone. She has caused an avalanche
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Old 12/07/2007, 09:51 PM
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I got it at 2 inches, now its about 6 inches. Thats 8 months. In another 8 months it will be picking up the live rock.
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Old 12/07/2007, 10:19 PM
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now he attacks the front of the tank.

thats awesome, mine does that all the time. Its a rather funny sight.
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Old 12/07/2007, 10:35 PM
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Yup, mine is about 5 inchs and I have seen him pick up chunks of rocks the size of quarters. He will swim around with it for about 15 seconds or so and then drop it but then gets obsessed about it and won't leave the piece alone. The kids get a huge kick out of it!
 


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