Can I put 1 convict blenny in a reef or do I need a group of them in?

[lessans]

same as subject

 

[Swanwillow]

one...

 

[KDodds]

Have you seen them at full adult size? They're gorgeous fish, but a little different in appearance from the juveniles. Anyway, they can get fairly large and, at adult size, are capable of consuming smaller fish, as well as toppling some rockwork. Just a head's up.

 

[lessans]

But how long will it take them to get 12" or longer? I will only keep my reef setup until summer 2007 which is before I go to college and I'm not taking the reef with me.

 

[KDodds]

I'll keep my comments to myself on the ethics of purchasing of living animals for "temporary" situations. Suffice it to say that they can get quite sizeable within the first year.

 

[lessans]

KDodds, please don't get the wrong inpression of me, but I adore fish. Really I do, but life's too short to pass this kind of thing up. I want to be a doctor and the next time after I finish high school that I might get to even consider keeping saltwater again is when I graduate from med school and have started my career, which might be in the year 2017 at the least.

 

[Swanwillow]

I think that they ment-why are you getting fish, if its only for a year?

what are you going to do with them in a year?

 

[KDodds]

LOL, long time without fish. But what's going to happen to the fish after 2007? Do you realize a reef tank takes about a year to mature? Maybe a fish only with a guaranteed home after 2007 might be a better option?