What are some FUNNY things your FISH do?

As the title says.
My only fish, my royal gramma, every now and then goes and takes a little adventure around the tank and finds new hiding spots and places to swim. I caught him today snuggling up against a corner in my rockwork and moving back and forth slowly against it (no he’s not sick). Another thing is that every time I turn the flow off in my tank, he will take a quick and sudden dash to the top of my tank, make a ripple, and go all the way back down to the bottom in a second. He’s definitely an interesting guy to watch. He’s a social butterfly for sure unlike others
My clown pair swim in and around my hand demanding pets
 
My orange shoulder tang is constantly eating bubbles at the surface of the water, you would think he would learn that bubbles aren't food by now, but months later he still loves his bubbles....
 
I know this isn’t a fish, but it’s an interesting story. Some time back we picked up a consignment strawberry crab from my LFS. He was completely white (albino), so it was really a flier on whether he’d ever change color or even survive.

Not too long after we noticed corals going missing (plugs and all) all across the tank, and we continually traced them back to this barnacle ‘hotel’ we’d setup. Some of the zoas had even been “fragged” right off the plugs! After about a week of continually rearranging the tank back and having it “redecorated” once again - we finally caught our strawberry crab in the act!

Figuring this was an effort in futility we just left the last renovation in-place and the crab proceeded to entomb itself (we figured this was perhaps a death ritual). A few weeks went by - no sign of the strawberry crab. We decided to finally re-transplant all the corals back, and some of them were wedged in tight (like pliers). Inside we found the remnants of our beloved crab. RIP crab.

A few days later, to our complete amazement - we spotted a larger bright red strawberry crab. Turns out it had molted, and the entombment was just something it did (assuming for protection).

Several months later, and we find our reef inhabitants in a much larger home. And the corals start going missing again... This time even shells and large barnacles have been dragged across the entire length of the tank. Apparently another molt is “in-progress”.
 

HOW MUCH DOES A FISH’S FEEDING REQUIREMENTS AFFECT YOUR STOCKING DECISIONS?

  • A lot! - I avoid fish that require frequent or specialized feeding

    Votes: 7 21.2%
  • Quite a bit, but an automatic feeder can change my answer

    Votes: 5 15.2%
  • It depends on whether my nutrient export can handle it

    Votes: 5 15.2%
  • It depends on how badly I want the fish

    Votes: 10 30.3%
  • Not much. I’m willing to adjust my routine

    Votes: 9 27.3%
  • Not at all. Feeding demands don’t limit my stocking choices

    Votes: 5 15.2%
  • I usually learn about the demanding feeding schedule after buying the fish!

    Votes: 2 6.1%
  • I haven’t really considered this before

    Votes: 3 9.1%
  • Something else (see my comments in the thread)

    Votes: 1 3.0%
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