One strange Yellow watchman Goby

This little fella has got to be one of a kind. I have had them before
and also have another one in another tank, but this one is totally
different.
It constantly attacks the multitde of mud whelks in the tank, and is
very good at sucking that snail out of the shell. It has a pile of
empty shells outside its cave, like folks pile up oyster shells aftyer
shucking them.

Then I seen it go after what I had thought was a bristle worm. It was
mouthing somehtng so I kept watching it. It spit out a balled up
bristle worm, and then imediately scarfed it back up and started to
mouth it....spit it out again, and just like before, scarfed it
backup, but this time he swallowed it. I did not see it spit it out
again, but after it stopped mouthing it and rolling it around in its
mouth, it once again started to scoop up sand and filter it through as
it usualy does.......since then I have seen it consume other bristle
worms as well........It also picks at asternia stars, gets ahold of
them and carries them into his cave and imediately returns. I do not
know what he does with them or if he even consumes them or maybe he
just collects them for a hopbby ;-) The other yellow watchman we have
just does the typical watchman goby thing, sifts sand, and watches the
world go by. nothng unusual in its habits....This one is like a loner
or hermit. There is a pistol shrimp in there with it, but it pays it
no attention, The other YWG, hangs tight with his pistol shrimp
buddy..




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The bristle worm thing is interesting.
I guess fish do have individual personalities.
I have a clown fish that picks off Bristle worms.
Same thing, bite, spit, bite, spit and swallow.

Hey they can't be all that bad...except for the stinging part.

"Tristan" wrote in message
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This little fella has got to be one of a kind. I have had them before
and also have another one in another tank, but this one is totally
different.
It constantly attacks the multitde of mud whelks in the tank, and is
very good at sucking that snail out of the shell. It has a pile of
empty shells outside its cave, like folks pile up oyster shells aftyer
shucking them.

Then I seen it go after what I had thought was a bristle worm. It was
mouthing somehtng so I kept watching it. It spit out a balled up
bristle worm, and then imediately scarfed it back up and started to
mouth it....spit it out again, and just like before, scarfed it
backup, but this time he swallowed it. I did not see it spit it out
again, but after it stopped mouthing it and rolling it around in its
mouth, it once again started to scoop up sand and filter it through as
it usualy does.......since then I have seen it consume other bristle
worms as well........It also picks at asternia stars, gets ahold of
them and carries them into his cave and imediately returns. I do not
know what he does with them or if he even consumes them or maybe he
just collects them for a hopbby ;-) The other yellow watchman we have
just does the typical watchman goby thing, sifts sand, and watches the
world go by. nothng unusual in its habits....This one is like a loner
or hermit. There is a pistol shrimp in there with it, but it pays it
no attention, The other YWG, hangs tight with his pistol shrimp
buddy..




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Dumbass.bristle worms do not sting........

yet another clueless wonder............


On Sat, 10 Feb 2007 03:17:43 GMT, "TheRock" wrote:

The bristle worm thing is interesting.
I guess fish do have individual personalities.
I have a clown fish that picks off Bristle worms.
Same thing, bite, spit, bite, spit and swallow.

Hey they can't be all that bad...except for the stinging part.

"Tristan" wrote in message
m...
This little fella has got to be one of a kind. I have had them before
and also have another one in another tank, but this one is totally
different.
It constantly attacks the multitde of mud whelks in the tank, and is
very good at sucking that snail out of the shell. It has a pile of
empty shells outside its cave, like folks pile up oyster shells aftyer
shucking them.

Then I seen it go after what I had thought was a bristle worm. It was
mouthing somehtng so I kept watching it. It spit out a balled up
bristle worm, and then imediately scarfed it back up and started to
mouth it....spit it out again, and just like before, scarfed it
backup, but this time he swallowed it. I did not see it spit it out
again, but after it stopped mouthing it and rolling it around in its
mouth, it once again started to scoop up sand and filter it through as
it usualy does.......since then I have seen it consume other bristle
worms as well........It also picks at asternia stars, gets ahold of
them and carries them into his cave and imediately returns. I do not
know what he does with them or if he even consumes them or maybe he
just collects them for a hopbby ;-) The other yellow watchman we have
just does the typical watchman goby thing, sifts sand, and watches the
world go by. nothng unusual in its habits....This one is like a loner
or hermit. There is a pistol shrimp in there with it, but it pays it
no attention, The other YWG, hangs tight with his pistol shrimp
buddy..




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Tristin wrote:

Dumbass.bristle worms do not sting........

yet another clueless wonder............

OK, they don't exeactly sting, but what DO you call the intense pain
they inflict when the bristles get into ones flesh?

Well Add Homonym, since you were among one or two others that have
belived me and trusted me and not got wrapped up with Wayne and his
cronies and the troll infestation caused by Carol Gulley, I will
give you an honest answer.

The fine hairs do nothng more than penetrate the skin, much like a sea
urchin spines would, and the film on them is what makes them burn like
fire....Along the same lines of installing fiberglass insulation., The
glass slivers gets in the skin and irritates it, but at least
fiberglass does not have a film of irritant on it...

Instant or pretty quick releif of bristle worm irritation is to wash
off with fresh water, and then soak in vinegar, or wash off in fresh
water, blow dry with hair drier, apply a piece of sticky tape or a
thin smear of super glue over the area, and then peel off tape or peel
off usper glue. This method us good at pulling the bristles out of the
skin. They do not really penetrate all that deep, for them to be
effective in getting irritated and burning sensation..Benedryl lotion
is very good to apply once bristles have ben removed or neutralized.
Regards

We now return yu to your regular infestatin of trolling posts by CArol
Gulley aka Ocean Breeze, aka Reel McKoi, aka Zebulon, aka well there
are just too many to mention.



On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 16:49:53 -0500, Add Homonym
wrote:

Tristin wrote:

Dumbass.bristle worms do not sting........

yet another clueless wonder............

OK, they don't exeactly sting, but what DO you call the intense pain
they inflict when the bristles get into ones flesh?



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Don't feed the trolls, just put them in your kill file.

But to answer your question, the bristles are hollow
calcium carbonate (calcite). They have venom in them
that help induce pain. Being calcium carbonate, they
will eventually dissolve. A good way to get them off
of your hands, is to apply tape, and then pull off
the tape. Do this repeatedly to get it out of your
hands.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets


Add Homonym wrote on 2/28/2007 4:49 PM:
Tristin wrote:

Dumbass.bristle worms do not sting........

yet another clueless wonder............

OK, they don't exeactly sting, but what DO you call the intense pain
they inflict when the bristles get into ones flesh?

Get a ****ing clue wayne its aready been answered, Tristan had to
straighten u you bunch of dumbasses.....yea they sting
duh!!!!!!!!!!You all must have CArol Gulley for a teacher.

On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 01:46:42 GMT, Wayne Sallee
wrote:

Don't feed the trolls, just put them in your kill file.

But to answer your question, the bristles are hollow
calcium carbonate (calcite). They have venom in them
that help induce pain. Being calcium carbonate, they
will eventually dissolve. A good way to get them off
of your hands, is to apply tape, and then pull off
the tape. Do this repeatedly to get it out of your
hands.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets


Add Homonym wrote on 2/28/2007 4:49 PM:
Tristin wrote:

Dumbass.bristle worms do not sting........

yet another clueless wonder............

OK, they don't exeactly sting, but what DO you call the intense pain
they inflict when the bristles get into ones flesh?



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I forgot more about ponds and koi than I'll ever know!

Subject says it all!.......Ever wonder why Carol Gulley even bothers
to wake up in the moring? I do as it must suck to be carol gulley and
not have a life other than on USENET and her socks.


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Tristin wrote:
Subject says it all!.......Ever wonder why Carol Gulley even bothers
to wake up in the moring? I do as it must suck to be carol gulley and
not have a life other than on USENET and her socks.


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Dude. Nobody cares. Get over it.

Carol cares....

On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 16:51:12 -0500, Add Homonym
wrote:

Tristin wrote:
Subject says it all!.......Ever wonder why Carol Gulley even bothers
to wake up in the moring? I do as it must suck to be carol gulley and
not have a life other than on USENET and her socks.


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I forgot more about ponds and koi than I'll ever know!

Dude. Nobody cares. Get over it.



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