Best of the Week

Instead of a unified post this week, I thought I’d share a few of the very best moments from this week’s reefing: Cygnus perched in a sea fan: Wilson the tuxedo urchin “cleaning up” algae around the sun corals: Life with brittle stars means you never know where a set of wiggling legs might come from: And, last but not least, Ghillie the seahorse hanging out with Wilson and Phobos the cleaner shrimp: I’ll have another tank-related story post next week, but for today, I hope you enjoy the random moments! If you had to pick a “shot of the

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The Most Patient Shrimp in the World

Most of the time, my seahorses eat at regular places in the tank. The large male (Cygnus) and the female (Ceti) eat near the top of the tank, while the little male (Ghillie) eats alone near his favorite hitch at the bottom of the reef. Last night, however, Ceti noticed me feeding Ghillie and decided to share his dinner instead of swimming up for her own. She quickly discovered there wasn’t enough room for two on Ghillie’s coral hitch, so she snaked her tail around the closest object – in this case, a cleaner shrimp. I ran for my camera,

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