Blenny love

FunWithFishes · Jan 7, 2018

Got a new starry blenny for my birthdayafter wanting one for awhile now. Wanted to know who else has blennies, and to share some pics.

Here is my new guy, wresting on some hairy mushrooms.

Flippers4pups · Jan 7, 2018

Nice fish! Fun to watch!

mochaclownlover · Jan 7, 2018

Not the best pic, but this is my molly miller blenny. Had him about a year and half.

4FordFamily · Jan 7, 2018

Look at all this camouflage! Very cool, thanks for sharing guys!

oceanslide · Jan 7, 2018

Sweet fish! Always wanted a starry blenny, but ended up getting a Midas a while back.

Paleozoic_reefer · Jan 7, 2018

Mine is Lord of the Euphyllia Forest!

cycled123 · Jan 7, 2018

My lawn mower blenny on toadstool leather

Tuffyyyyy · Jan 7, 2018

cycled123 said:
My lawn mower blenny on toadstool leather

What a cute picture! Looks like he's smiling.

cycled123 · Jan 7, 2018

Tuffyyyyy said:
What a cute picture! Looks like he's smiling.

Thanks! it is definitely one of the best ones and was taken with my cell phone vs the expensive DSLR, lol

Maritimer · Jan 7, 2018

I've got a starry, orange-spot and midas - love 'em all.

The starry has been picking up sand, I suppose to get the algae. Whenever she swims, she looks like she's having trouble staying off the floor. Wherever she swims, there's a gentle flurry of pure white sand ... from her butt.

~Bruce

Chasmodes · Jan 9, 2018

Cool blennies everyone. Funwithfishes, congrats on your new starry blenny!

These striped blennies (Chasmodes bosquianus) are blennies that I caught from the Chesapeake Bay and am currently keeping them in my oyster reef tank. I have 6 of them. The top picture is what they look like as juveniles when I caught them 6 months ago. They were about an inch to an inch and a half long then. Now the biggest one is about 3 inches long and could grow as much as another inch or two. I can't get enough of watching them.

Flexin · Jan 9, 2018

Two pics to share. One Lawnmower and a Midas. The Midas would sit in my veggie clip...

https://www.instagram.com/p/BZuM5MFjuaE/

ewcc1993 · Jan 10, 2018

My favorite is the Midas Blenny. Ignore my firefishes <3

jwt1603 · Jan 10, 2018

They look very cool. I really like the Blennies. My LFS says that my BioCube 16 is probably too small for one of them. Can't wait for my newly set up RS 525 to mature so I can get one. What do they need for food and is there any special care to keep them happy? Not trying to highjack the thread!! Just love the fish.

nautical_nathaniel · Jan 10, 2018

I sadly don't have a blenny right now, which is weird because they are one of my favorite fishes! I used to have a bicolor blenny I called Blenns that would do this:

That picture is in my old Aqueon Evolve 8 that I started this hobby in, I've learned a whole lot about reef aquariums and blennies since then

Flexin · Jan 10, 2018

jwt1603 said:
They look very cool. I really like the Blennies. My LFS says that my BioCube 16 is probably too small for one of them. Can't wait for my newly set up RS 525 to mature so I can get one. What do they need for food and is there any special care to keep them happy? Not trying to highjack the thread!! Just love the fish.

Lawnmower blennies for me are harder. If you get them trained to eat what you feed then they are fine. If they don’t and depend solely on scrapping off algae, it can be tough, especially if you clean up the tank regarding algae and then they have nothing to eat and don’t know how to feed from what you provide. That is what I’ve experienced. In regards to your 16gal, a Tail Spot, Panamic Barnicle, or Yellow Eye should be fine depending on what you have in there. They are small but all have great personalities.

Chasmodes · Jan 10, 2018

jwt1603 said:
They look very cool. I really like the Blennies. My LFS says that my BioCube 16 is probably too small for one of them. Can't wait for my newly set up RS 525 to mature so I can get one. What do they need for food and is there any special care to keep them happy? Not trying to highjack the thread!! Just love the fish.

I agree with Flexin. Another species to consider is the Caribbean sailfin blenny (Emblemaria pandionis). They're a nice nano blenny as well. These guys along with the tail spot, Panamic barnacle blenny (Acanthemblemaria hancocki) will eat just about anything too.