Need fun and interesting facts about saltwater aquariums

[Chirp]

My son is 5years old, and he wants to do a presentation to his class about our aquarium. I need some interesting factoids that he can tell his class. Please bear in mind the age of the audience. He'll be doing a presentation with several color pictures of our aquarium. The inhabitants are:
1. Midas blenny
2. False clownfish
3. Pigmy cherub angel
4. Royal Gramma
5. 6 line wrasse
6. Yasha goby + pistol shrimp
7. Fire shrimp
8. Some turbo snails, narcissus snails, and some hermit crabs
9. Crosea clam

For coral I have:
1. Green acans
2. Pulsating xenias
3. Frogspawn
4. Torch coral
5. Purple hammer coral
6. Purple bubble coral
7. Button coral
8. Duncan coral
9. Green zoas
9. Some mushrooms + ricordeas

The only interesting facts that I know are:
1. Clownfish are not born male or female, but become a boy or girl later on in life.
2. Corals are more considered to be more animal than plant.

Thanks for your help.

 

[Supa Belle]

Fire shrimp is a cleaner shrimp so he is kinda like the fishes tooth brush

 

[Mrc8858]

Clownfish are actually born male and the dominant fish in the group becomes a female. I know your sons "audience" is a bit young to grasp this one but some zoas contain the second most potent toxin called palytoxin which has the means to kill in large enough doses. They may also be interested in the fact that most corals are actually made up of many tiny animals who together build a single calcium structure for them all too inhabit almost like a mini hotel lol.

 

[Hocky puck]

Easy one there the partnership of goby and shrimp

 

[Ericwm]

The midas blenny changes colors based on its mood. They get dark at night or when scared or hiding, bright yellow when happy, and mine looks kinda peach-ish when eating.

 

[begginersluck]

The pistol shrimp doesn't actually have a 'pistol' or shoot anything but claps his claw together very quickly which makes the sound.

 

[Duffman22]

The Great Barrier Reef is the only living structure viewable from space. Kids might find that interesting. 1,600 miles long.

 

[Animal-Chin]

Clean up crews eat fish poop. I mean come on, you can talk about poo!!!

 

[kay-bee19]

Fined-tuned team work: corals are animals that house tiny plant-like lifeforms (zooxanthellae) in them.

The tiny plant-like lifeforms provide the corals with energy which they derive from light and grant them spectacular colors.

In exchange, the corals provide these lifeforms with a safe home and shelter.

 

[Mikalicious209]

Most of the color of corals is not actually the color of the coral itself, but of the algea that lives in the tisses of the coral.

 

[daney90]

Fire shrimp is a cleaner shrimp so he is kinda like the fishes tooth brush

Hahha!! I died as soon as i scrolled down and read this lol!! It's true though

Nice one??

 

[Wy Renegade]

Stinging corals, like your torch, hammer and frogspawn have long sweeper tentacles that typically come out and night, and kill and capture food by stinging it and sweeping it into their oral disc.

 

[54seaweed]

feather duster is actually a cluster of worms

 

[CharlieKlein]

Fire shrimp is a cleaner shrimp so he is kinda like the fishes tooth brush

Lol ican see that coming from a five year olds mouth!

 

[Supa Belle]

Hahha!! I died as soon as i scrolled down and read this lol!! It's true though

Nice oneddc4dddc4d

What can I say I have a 2nd grader and a 2 yr old

 

[jmay33]

They'd probably think that it was interesting that most corals are photosynthetic and use the lights to eat.

 

[Supa Belle]

Hermit crabs are cool kids like those to I have 15 of them and they swap shells like crazy it's funny to watch and the eat the waste in the tank except for them and peppermints being carnivores mine eat the seaweed I put in the tank for the damsels

 

[jmay33]

Or, I can already hear 5 year olds talking about how your son has rocks that are "alive." lol. Maybe explaining live rock a little bit. or that is purple because of a plant that's growing on the rocks. I bet the teacher of that class will get to learn a lot of interesting things in a lot of interesting ways. Lol. How fun!

 

[Supa Belle]

This is kinda gross but the kids might find it funny mushrooms eat and poo from there mouth

 

[daney90]

What can I say I have a 2nd grader and a 2 yr old

Would absolutely say the same if i have a kid