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An aquarium is not a natural habitat so many behaviors and interactions might be different from animals in the wild. We are giving them security/safety in exchange for an "unnatural" environment. For example, most fish have a natural instinct to hide from/avoid possible prey, but (hopefully anyway), our tank inhabitants don't need to worry about being eaten so the behavior may change and they often become more "tame" and outgoing. Also, most aquarists keep animals that would never encounter one another in the wild, so all bets are off when they meet in a small box of water...How can you encourage natural behavior and interactions among the inhabitants of a reef aquarium?
As mentioned, we can't (and in the case of predators/aggression, often don't want to) perfectly emulate a natural environment for the critters in our tanks, but there are some things we can do to help them display more of their natural behaviors:How can you encourage natural behavior and interactions among the inhabitants of a reef aquarium?