Anyone ever heard cryptobenthic fish are important for a healthy reef?

[Ckletter]

The tiniest fish are the most important for healthy coral reefs

Great Barrier Reef Blenny (Ecsenius stictus) We have long overlooked many of the important inhabitants of coral reefs. Tiny fish that hide in the nooks and crannies may provide much of the food that supports larger animals on and around healthy coral reefs . “There are these whole worlds...

www.newscientist.com

 

[Flagg37]

I don’t recall ever seeing them in a fish store. I wonder if we never see them because they don’t ship well. You’d probably need a bunch to get started and then you’d be set. I started out with a dozen cerith snails and soon had literally thousands.

 

[svreef]

I don’t recall ever seeing them in a fish store. I wonder if we never see them because they don’t ship well. You’d probably need a bunch to get started and then you’d be set. I started out with a dozen cerith snails and soon had literally thousands.

You don’t see them because they’re tiny...

 

[max_nano]

You don’t see them because they’re tiny...

Neptune had some specialty gobies that were smaller than those little freshwater shrimps.

I watched a few of the reef builders tank tour videos recently and a few of the big successful tanks had mentioned having a lot of nano fish that wouldn’t be seen.