Barnacle Blenny

[mr. bojangsjang]

I was looking at liveaquaria.com and saw this neat little fish called the barnacle blenny (Acanthemblemaria sp.). Few questions on it for you:

The sp in the scien ific name scares me, could I be getting a different species completely different?

What do they eat? Do they readily accept frozen foods?

Are they territorial/aggressive?

Any other comments or input appreciated.

 

[Bidadari]

I have one. Very funy tiny fish, mine is about 1" long. It eats pellet & frozen mysis. I'm lucky to have mine live in a shell that's located near the front glass, so I get to see him everyday. I know some people who almost rarely see their barnacle blenny since it lives in the back of the tank. Mine is not aggressive at all.
Barnacle blennies spend their time perching out from a hole waiting for food to pass by or just watching what's going on around them.

 

[Bret61081]

As sid above...they are TINY little guys! I had one for a while in my 6g. Its pretty cool to watch them dart out to get food. pretty cool. As for the different scientific names, there are a few different types(that Ive seen). One is brown and redish and one is brown with bright orange eyes. I've seen them at etropics in Miami and they just sold both types at barnacle blennys.

 

[All Delight]

get a bunch of them, maybe 7 or so. now thats alot of fun