How Bout a Blenny

Mikeman · 06-21-2002, 07:43 PM

Well, I'm looking for another fish for my 29g reef(it has a 2 percs and a yellow tailed damsel now)

I've heard a lot of good things about blennies, What kind would be the best for my set up.

Elmo18 · 06-21-2002, 09:38 PM

Hm...well i think 2 percs and a damsel are already enough :P The perculas will get bigger. Do you have any corals? I just don't want a tank crash because it can't handle the bioload.

-Elmo

Mikeman · 06-21-2002, 11:47 PM

the percs are actually ocellaris, and they are both full grown, no not to many corals, however im upgrading to a 35g tank(I know a big 6gs

)

and im adding a dsb(currently have cc) and a refugium. the nitrates are under 10 so I'm not to worried about the water parameters.

CRE8NKOS · 06-23-2002, 01:30 AM

A bicolor is a great addition to any tank.I have had two over the years and both had their own personalities. My first actually played hide and seek when I would come in from work. As I would pass by the tank he would follow, I would get down below the tank and he would come to the front and appear to look down at me, when I would raise up he would run hide in this one particular rock. Back and forth, back and forth for as long as I would stay and play. The second, Hmmmmm??
Every cotton pickin time I put my hand in the tank he waits till I quit watching for him(and I watch for a while), then he'll swim up, nip at my wrist and swim back into his hole and watch for me to put my hand back in, (this all happens instataneously). Even though every time I know this is going to happen, it still makes me jump, at times bringing my arm up to my M/H bulbs."Nobody ever told me those things get really HOTTT!!!!!". HE NEVER DOES THIS TO MY WIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The other blenny is a scooter blenny.Very interesting creature. Blends in with with the substrate very good. I will be looking into the tank and notice it move around out of the corner of my eye right there in front of me the whole time, just didn't see it.

Just thought I would share some personal experience with you about this fish, sorry if I bored ya.

Roger

Mikeman · 06-23-2002, 02:48 AM

most likely I'm getting a small dwarf lionfish tomorrow...and since he can't be with smallish fish....

I'm going to start planning the fish list around him now...im hoping it'll be another year until i have to get rid of my other inhabitents, but as i saw the first ever dwarflionfish for sale in south dakota...i feel that i have to get him as i've wanted one since getting into this hob

oh well...he will work nicely with some maroon clowns in my 35g long.

Reinhold · 06-23-2002, 09:32 AM

I'd recommend replacing the crushed coral with a deep sand bed before adding any fish. I found that my tank's filtration capacity went way up after I made the switch, my nitrates were always zero, and I could add more fish with no adverse impact.

Mikeman · 06-23-2002, 06:41 PM

im switching tanks like at the end of the summer, so it seems kind of pointless to switch the sandbed and then have to move it.

06-21-2002, 07:43 PM	#1
Mikeman Governor Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Watertown,SD,USA Posts: 1,502	How Bout a Blenny Well, I'm looking for another fish for my 29g reef(it has a 2 percs and a yellow tailed damsel now) I've heard a lot of good things about blennies, What kind would be the best for my set up.

06-23-2002, 01:30 AM	#4
CRE8NKOS Just Moved In Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 11	A bicolor is a great addition to any tank.I have had two over the years and both had their own personalities. My first actually played hide and seek when I would come in from work. As I would pass by the tank he would follow, I would get down below the tank and he would come to the front and appear to look down at me, when I would raise up he would run hide in this one particular rock. Back and forth, back and forth for as long as I would stay and play. The second, Hmmmmm?? Every cotton pickin time I put my hand in the tank he waits till I quit watching for him(and I watch for a while), then he'll swim up, nip at my wrist and swim back into his hole and watch for me to put my hand back in, (this all happens instataneously). Even though every time I know this is going to happen, it still makes me jump, at times bringing my arm up to my M/H bulbs."Nobody ever told me those things get really HOTTT!!!!!". HE NEVER DOES THIS TO MY WIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!! The other blenny is a scooter blenny.Very interesting creature. Blends in with with the substrate very good. I will be looking into the tank and notice it move around out of the corner of my eye right there in front of me the whole time, just didn't see it. Just thought I would share some personal experience with you about this fish, sorry if I bored ya. Roger __________________ Dats sum High Quality H2O Der(waterboy)

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06-21-2002, 09:38 PM	#2
Elmo18 Governor Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 1,514	Hm...well i think 2 percs and a damsel are already enough :P The perculas will get bigger. Do you have any corals? I just don't want a tank crash because it can't handle the bioload. -Elmo

06-21-2002, 11:47 PM	#3
Mikeman Governor Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Watertown,SD,USA Posts: 1,502	the percs are actually ocellaris, and they are both full grown, no not to many corals, however im upgrading to a 35g tank(I know a big 6gs ) and im adding a dsb(currently have cc) and a refugium. the nitrates are under 10 so I'm not to worried about the water parameters.

06-23-2002, 02:48 AM	#5
Mikeman Governor Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Watertown,SD,USA Posts: 1,502	most likely I'm getting a small dwarf lionfish tomorrow...and since he can't be with smallish fish.... I'm going to start planning the fish list around him now...im hoping it'll be another year until i have to get rid of my other inhabitents, but as i saw the first ever dwarflionfish for sale in south dakota...i feel that i have to get him as i've wanted one since getting into this hob oh well...he will work nicely with some maroon clowns in my 35g long.

06-23-2002, 09:32 AM	#6
Reinhold Mayor Join Date: May 2001 Location: USA Posts: 941	I'd recommend replacing the crushed coral with a deep sand bed before adding any fish. I found that my tank's filtration capacity went way up after I made the switch, my nitrates were always zero, and I could add more fish with no adverse impact.

06-23-2002, 06:41 PM	#7
Mikeman Governor Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Watertown,SD,USA Posts: 1,502	im switching tanks like at the end of the summer, so it seems kind of pointless to switch the sandbed and then have to move it.

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