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they flipped my skull again today and threw substrate all over my scoly :mad:

The behavior of the clown is some what normal but I have no idea what’s up with the Talbots..

the skull has been in the tank for a long time and they have ignored it, I did move it a while back to the rear of my tank and they took up resistance inside it several months ago, why they are doing this now I have no idea? They also turned over a pretty good size rock in the back of tank.

no real aggression inside the tank outside normal damsel behavior and with only 5 small fish they have plenty of room.. the clown mostly stays behind overflow and only comes out to eat or bite me ;Hilarious

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Holy moly, You need chain mail to work around that little bugger!

That clip is slowed down, he hits that syringe violentry you can hear it outside the tank.. at the end of the clip you can see him hitting my finger and I can feel it through those thick shoulder length gloves.
 
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Could the Talbots be breeding and like the interior of the skull a certain way? Or has whatever other entrance there is gotten tighter due to coral growth or anything like that?

I had suspected they might be breeding when they took up residence inside the skull several months ago, in addition to the bottom there is a large opening on the backside and nothing was blocking it, they had also cleared gravel from around the side and the back entrance when they first moved in.

this is where it had been before they went crazy.. you can see it behind the torch

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On a brighter note my Alk has been rock solid for almost a week now.. testing every other day I have had three 7.7 dkh readings in a row from my Hanna :) Seems like the coralbox dosers are doing their job, I have been watching them closely and they seem to be working perfectly
 

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On a brighter note my Alk has been rock solid for almost a week now.. testing every other day I have had three 7.7 dkh readings in a row from my Hanna :) Seems like the coralbox dosers are doing their job, I have been watching them closely and they seem to be working perfectly
What are you dosing with?

I'm with scurvy on the skull Talbot issue. Possibly breeding behavior etc... as for the clockwork orange marauder, I'm sure you can find a support group for clown victims. That's pretty common to risk a limb when target feeding ;)
 
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My clown does that every time I am in the tank feeding or maintaining it..... he’s a real jerk, maybe it’s old age.... he just turned 11

wow that’s a old clown.. welcome to my build thread
 
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Off to the “S” tank with the clown today ;Troll minor damage to my povona but happy with the outcome and it’s so nice to be able to work on the tank without being attacked.


I didn’t do nUfKin daddy.. ;Dummy1

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Did some tank maintenance today and rearranged a few things, put some egg crate in the back corner to prevent Talbots from digging and also moved my skull and wedged a branch rock into the back opening to hopefully prevent them from flipping it again..

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enjoying my tank with a hot cup of coffee this morning.. love when the first pair of royal blue accent led’s come on, everything is still mad from yesterday’s tank invasion or still asleep ;)

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they flipped my skull again today and threw substrate all over my scoly :mad:

The behavior of the clown is some what normal but I have no idea what’s up with the Talbots..

the skull has been in the tank for a long time and they have ignored it, I did move it a while back to the rear of my tank and they took up resistance inside it several months ago, why they are doing this now I have no idea? They also turned over a pretty good size rock in the back of tank.

no real aggression inside the tank outside normal damsel behavior and with only 5 small fish they have plenty of room.. the clown mostly stays behind overflow and only comes out to eat or bite me ;Hilarious

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Maybe they are afraid of it - I would flip it too:):):):)
 

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