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Enjoying_A_Meal t1_is8e216 wrote

That's an orange spotted sleeper goby vs a blue spotted jawfish. Both like to live in sand burrows under rocks. The goby probably wanted the spot but the jawfish is bigger. So it's resorting to some passive aggressive fish-Karen bullshit.

Clownfish just wanted to be included.

Fun fact, jawfish likes to collect shells and little rocks to decorate the entrance of their little caves. Sometimes they'll pick a shell with a hermit crab. When the hermit crab tries to crawl away, the jawfish will drag it back to its collection of shells.

The blue spotted jawfish is highly prized by aquarium hobbyists and go for around $200.

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Painkillerspe t1_is8hpp6 wrote

I had a blue spotted for awhile. Grumpy, funny little guy. Didn't like his shell and rock collection messed with. He was one of my favorites but boy did mess up the substrate.

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Infernew t1_is92uw7 wrote

I was 90% sure this would end somewhere in the 80s with the Undertaker plummeting through an announcers table

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Doomquill t1_is9dvh7 wrote

I haven't seen shittymorph around in a while, I realized just now that I've grown lax in my dilligance.

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Cheeseyex t1_is9gnev wrote

And that’s why he’s so effective he appears out of nowhere with a steel chair

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mount2010 t1_is9hiaj wrote

He's apparently taking a break from Reddit according to the posts on his profile. So we're all safe for now?

Edit: He had a spat with some moderators and posted that he was going to leave Reddit for a bit a while back but that post seems to be gone. Guess he changed his mind.

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get_post_error t1_is9q8uc wrote

Check his profile he just had a high profile comment the other day. He's still kickin

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APr0N00b t1_is9l143 wrote

They post normal posts now occasionally

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ifmacdo t1_isa2pyc wrote

I saw him pop up maybe a week ago. It was nice to get bamboozled again.

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TayDavies95 t1_is8fdvh wrote

Interesting, What makes the jawfish worth so much?

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Enjoying_A_Meal t1_is8fu5v wrote

their spots are very blue!

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yourguidefortheday t1_is8g8hf wrote

Wait, really? That's why they're valuable?

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Padhome t1_is8ih7l wrote

And they do adorable stuff like this

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SerCiddy t1_is8tnh5 wrote

For aquarium fish price is usually based on "pretty-ness", scarcity (very closely tied to how specific you need your water parameters ), and age/size.

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yourguidefortheday t1_is8uf78 wrote

Now that I think of it those are pretty much the most common markers for value. Is it pretty, is it rare, is it in good condition? Might be valuable!

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pekinggeese t1_is99gnr wrote

Is it shiny? Is it rare? Does it make me feel like a baller?

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Kev-Cant-Draw t1_is9rxrd wrote

It’s the color and also where the fish is located, deeper and cooler water.

It’s a slightly colder water tropical fish; where it likes to be closer to below or closer to 70 degrees F. While most reef tanks are kept at ~77 degrees F. Bb

Blue Sootted Jawfish disease can impact them more frequently if held above their desired temp.

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Charlie21Lola t1_is8oyjz wrote

>Sometimes they'll pick a shell with a hermit crab. When the hermit crab tries to crawl away, the jawfish will drag it back to its collection of shells.

I have got to find a video of this…

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B33PZR t1_is94e8j wrote

I had a Maroon clown for 13 years, her name was Betty. She could be nasty to some of her tank mates at times. I have always loved watching the sand spitting contests but I never had either of these in my reef tank.

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Pm_me_baby_pig_pics t1_is9bqsq wrote

I had one of those white ones (diamond goby?) in my tank for a long time.

He was really cool, as soon as he was in the tank he found a spot he wanted to make his cave and went to work.

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ShinyPiplup t1_is9ecxx wrote

When I was snorkeling in the Philippines I was attacked by a maroon clownfish. She swam up several feet away from her anemone to take swipes at me. Never knew what I did wrong. :(

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Enjoying_A_Meal t1_isahumm wrote

Clown fish are aggressive as heck. I can't even remember the number of times mine attacked my finger while I'm fiddling around in the tank.

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B33PZR t1_isb4hyu wrote

And Maroons are the worse of all clowns. I once had a Domino damsel who actually would bite me when I cleaned the tank. Crazy to have something the size of a nickel trying to fight you!

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pm_me_your_rigs t1_is9d9tb wrote

I can barely keep $4 fish alive and there's people spending 200? Lol

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SvenTropics t1_is8v85o wrote

Seems like breeding them would be financially great. Don't they lay like hundreds of eggs?

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Catnip4Pedos t1_is92p1y wrote

The majority of tropical and saltwater fish won't breed in captivity afaik, especially the expensive ones.

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galliohoophoop t1_is9lwur wrote

Hmm. Always knew it as a diamond goby. Had a yellow with a pistol shrimp roommate. Loved watching them.

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Enjoying_A_Meal t1_isagoqv wrote

that fish has like 6 different names. Diamond watchman goby is one of them :)

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AMetalWorld t1_is9s1ky wrote

Gotta wonder what the evolutionary advantage of keeping rocks and stuff around their home would be. Does their species choose mates based on who has the best interior decoration sensibilities or what

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RockinOneThreeTwo t1_is9qvir wrote

"here's a video of some fish showing personality and individuality -- did you know these are highly prized individuals and can be bought and then caged for your own amusement?"

How depressing when individuals are reduced to little more than property

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vurt72 t1_is92npb wrote

"decoration", doubtful. sounds more like preventing sand from falling in so they get stuck inside or something like that.

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