Show off your blennys - Page 3

craiglanda · #51 12/19/2007, 04:28 AM

messing with the camera so i figured id throw anthor pic up

i love this fish!!

happyface888 · #52 12/19/2007, 11:59 AM

Nice, thats a pretty neat picture. My bicolor only sits on mushrooms. Its be nice if I could see mine jump into anthelias.

craiglanda · #53 12/19/2007, 12:11 PM

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Originally posted by happyface888
Nice, thats a pretty neat picture. My bicolor only sits on mushrooms. Its be nice if I could see mine jump into anthelias.

It would be nice if mine would jump out of them! This is his new favorite spot and the anthelias are starting to get annoyed with him in there... It does make for a great picture though!

fishyz · #54 12/19/2007, 06:27 PM

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Originally posted by chris wright
Yep. It's a rare type of blenny, also known as the read streaked blenny I believe. Cirripectes Stigmaticus, I think this is the correct name for them. They are a maroon colour with a light grey marking through out its body. I used to own one for about 18 months, but it passed away, I think it had a disease in it's gills

cirripectes stigmaticus

HTH

Cheers

Chris

Thanks so much. I think thats the fish.

Surfzone · #55 12/19/2007, 06:48 PM

here's my LMB

happyface888 · #56 12/19/2007, 10:02 PM

anyone have a idea what their antenas are for?

cherubfish pair · #57 12/19/2007, 11:21 PM

Are all midas blennies gold midas blennies? or are there varieties?

cherubfish pair · #58 12/22/2007, 09:35 PM

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Originally posted by cherubfish pair
Are all midas blennies, gold midas blennies? or are there varieties?

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kilmca · #59 12/23/2007, 01:59 PM

GoTakuF1 · #60 12/25/2007, 06:09 PM

My two favorites:

giller · #61 12/25/2007, 07:50 PM

Is the one on the bottom an ember blenny?

GoTakuF1 · #62 12/25/2007, 08:10 PM

The top blenny is a Golden Sailfin Blenny (Atrosalarias fuscus) and the one on the bottom is a Stigmata Blenny (Cirripectes stigmaticus).

Surfzone · #63 12/25/2007, 09:42 PM

i love the stigmata blenny but they are hard to come by

gatordoc · #64 12/25/2007, 09:48 PM

the Stigmata is stunning !

reef_doug · #65 12/25/2007, 10:11 PM

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Originally posted by cherubfish pair
Are all midas blennies gold midas blennies? or are there varieties?

There are two basic Midas Blennies:

African - more orange/golden head to tail
Indo - less colorful

I believe they are related to the canary blennie which is yellowish.

r2odie · #66 12/25/2007, 10:31 PM

GoTakuF1 · #67 12/26/2007, 02:05 AM

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Originally posted by Surfzone
i love the stigmata blenny but they are hard to come by

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Originally posted by gatordoc
the Stigmata is stunning !

Thanks, it was quite lucky and happenstance that I got him

cherubfish pair · #68 12/26/2007, 03:37 PM

Thanks, reef_doug!

I want to stay away from the canary as it's venomous.

carb850 · #69 12/26/2007, 10:40 PM

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Originally posted by GoTakuF1
My two favorites:

Wow, I never saw a Stimata before. Very nice!

I recently got a lawn mower blenny. I had him for 5 days and he is very shy.

cobra397 · #70 12/27/2007, 02:38 AM

not to thread jack or if wrong thread sorry.. my lawnmower blenny was getting skinny.. so i feed him nori banded to a rock.. how often do you feed your guys nori? do they eat anything else? i wish i had some algae he would eat? one more. do all blenny's compete for the same food? could i add more than one? 75 gallon. 9 months old..

GoTakuF1 · #71 12/27/2007, 03:09 AM

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Originally posted by cobra397
not to thread jack or if wrong thread sorry.. my lawnmower blenny was getting skinny.. so i feed him nori banded to a rock.. how often do you feed your guys nori? do they eat anything else? i wish i had some algae he would eat? one more. do all blenny's compete for the same food? could i add more than one? 75 gallon. 9 months old..

I've had a lawnmower blenny erradicate the algae population in one of my tanks before. Once it was done, it started to eat meaty foods that are fed to the other fish (Cyclops-eeze, Mysis, brine, etc.). I still feed nori to it quite often though, perhaps a new sheet once every 2-3 days.

I believe some blennies are herbivores and some are carnivores. They can be quite territorial to blennies of the same shape, however. For example, the Golden Sailfin and Stigmata blennies in the above picture are very similar. I took quite a gamble putting them in the same tank. Luckily, it is a 150g and they occupy different ends of the tank. I also have a tailspot blenny and they seem to not pay it any mind at all.

Good luck with your blenny, I absolutely love these guys!

FishAreFriends2 · #72 12/27/2007, 01:12 PM

Thats a stunning looking blenny gotaku, I've never seen that bottom one think you could get some more pics of it?

GoTakuF1 · #73 12/27/2007, 07:00 PM

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Originally posted by FishAreFriends2
Thats a stunning looking blenny gotaku, I've never seen that bottom one think you could get some more pics of it?

Thanks! Yes, he's a tough little bugger to track down. I can try to take more photos but I'm generally not good with a camera. I'll give it a go this week and hopefully have something to show you soon!

schigara · #74 12/27/2007, 07:38 PM

My Midas Blenny has not eaten algae like the Tomini Tang but he destroys Nori on a clip and basically anything else put in the tank. He's a bit spoiled.

cherubfish pair · #75 12/27/2007, 11:44 PM

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Originally posted by GoTakuF1
I've had a lawnmower blenny erradicate the algae population in one of my tanks before. Once it was done, it started to eat meaty foods that are fed to the other fish (Cyclops-eeze, Mysis, brine, etc.). I still feed nori to it quite often though, perhaps a new sheet once every 2-3 days.
Good luck with your blenny, I absolutely love these guys!

Once the blenny erradicated the algae, it pick on corals?