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Territorial fight

Territorial fight

Tompot blenny power! How to deal with a velvet swimming crab.

23 January 2017
This pesky velvet swimming crab keeps creeping into my crevice home when I’m out searching for food. He doesn’t seem…
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“Mini me” tompot blennies out and about on my reef!

23 October 2016
Since the baby tompot blennies have settled out of the plankton, three noticeable things have happened. First, they have taken…
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Stand-off, another territorial dispute

13 October 2015
A while after I watched those youngsters fighting, I had an argument of my own to sort out. Another large…
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Guarding my eggs from an edible crab

19 June 2015
Now I’ve got eggs to care for, I need to keep intruders away. This edible crab is too close and…
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