Anyone ever see a potters angel do this?

[jdemarco]

Been in the hobby for like six years and the best part is that there's a chance to see or to learn something new every single day about your livestock , or the ocean, or the equipment, or the science of it all...each and every single day. Today I had the opportunity to watch my potters angel clean my clown trigger. I had never heard of this before and couldn't believe my eyes. Both engaged in the behavior for a few minutes and repeated their actions multiple times or I may not have believed it myself. Unfortunately I didn't grab the camera but I was truly amazed by this. Anyone ever see this before. Probably not as unique as I think because this hobby has a way of humbling you daily but figured I would post this "first" (of mine)with you all. Feel free to share similar experiences here regarding fish cleaning other fish that may not be so typical.

 

[CAPSLOCK]

That's super cool! I'd love to see a picture if they do it regularly enough to get one.

 

[jdemarco]

I am working on a video as i caught it in action again yesterday, anyone else ever have fish cleaned by other unlikely candidates doing the cleaning?

 

[phg1960]

Had a black and white heniochus do the same on powder blue tang. The tang always allowed it, but never reciprocated.

 

[ReefKeeper1699]

Two of my green chromis out of 5 in the school will turn and face each other and "kiss" several times. They do it daily I don't know why

 

[jdemarco]

The clown trigger certainly didn't reciprocate but allowed it for sure....In fact he was encouraging it like fish normally do when they pull up to the cleaning station.....I now have a video of it but I don't know how to post it so I will try to take snapshots and post those pics here. I have a number of years doing it and I must admit i still find it impossible not to stop dead in my tracks whenever I see any cleaning behavior whether its a shrimp cleaning inside a tangs mouth or a cleaner shrimp trying to latch on to my zebra moray or simply my cleaner wrasse picking at the large blue hippo & when he picks something big off the fish, and the big fish reacts as if he just had a splinter removed.....i guess i still just love reefing in general