longest you've kept a tailspot blenny?

[gone_phishin]

so i woke up to my tailspot blenny stuck to my overflow

i've had him since the very beginning of the tank, which is an IM10. i had him in there for about 1 year and 3 months.

upon getting him, i remember reading people having problems keeping them long term, and that a lot of that could be attributed to feeding a carnivore based diet. so, since the beginning i fed him herbivore based food (hikari seaweed extreme), with the occasional frozen foods (rod's herbivore). he also always grazed at he live rock, back wall, and glass for any algae that developed, although this tank has never really had any algae.

in the past few months i noticed his belly has seemed much more bloated than normal. this happened to coincide with when i added a clownfish, and i attributed it to the TSB 'competing' and trying to eat more/get bigger...he got very territorial and never liked the clown, and since the clown was very small when added he bullied him and kept him in his place. however in the past month or so, they seem to have found a balance, and rarely had any conflict.

i don't know what caused his death. params are normal, all corals look great, he was eating, going about his business as usual, no signs of damage or unusual behavior other than the fatter belly.

so this got me to wondering, how long have you had a TSB for? many people have told me that they just don't live long in home aquaria but i'd like more feedback.

 

[bean2986]

so i woke up to my tailspot blenny stuck to my overflow

i've had him since the very beginning of the tank, which is an IM10. i had him in there for about 1 year and 3 months.

upon getting him, i remember reading people having problems keeping them long term, and that a lot of that could be attributed to feeding a carnivore based diet. so, since the beginning i fed him herbivore based food (hikari seaweed extreme), with the occasional frozen foods (rod's herbivore). he also always grazed at he live rock, back wall, and glass for any algae that developed, although this tank has never really had any algae.

in the past few months i noticed his belly has seemed much more bloated than normal. this happened to coincide with when i added a clownfish, and i attributed it to the TSB 'competing' and trying to eat more/get bigger...he got very territorial and never liked the clown, and since the clown was very small when added he bullied him and kept him in his place. however in the past month or so, they seem to have found a balance, and rarely had any conflict.

i don't know what caused his death. params are normal, all corals look great, he was eating, going about his business as usual, no signs of damage or unusual behavior other than the fatter belly.

so this got me to wondering, how long have you had a TSB for? many people have told me that they just don't live long in home aquaria but i'd like more feedback.

Mine lasted about 1.5 years before also being stuck to the overflow. I suspected aggression though. Maybe it was a longevity thing? Mine had the bloated belly at the end too.

 

[gone_phishin]

interesting, about the same time frame...

 

[eatbreakfast]

I've had a couple last around 3yrs each.

 

[madweazl]

I've had one for nine months now. It was purchased small and has about doubled in size. I feed a mix of LRS Reef and Herbivore Frenzy and it appears to remain very healthy (knock on wood).

 

[bean2986]

FWIW mine was an adult when I got it

 

[CoralNerd]

I've had mine 4 years and he has a belly. I've seen her lay eggs and have a video of it somewhere.

 

[deedubz]

I bought one for my sister and it lasted ~6 months?

Granted it was "large" when I got it. I did go through qt and was only treated with prazi for stringy poo

 

[lion king]

I kept one for about 4 years and he then went to another home, don't know how long in his new home.