Fang Blennies Easy to Keep?

[SDguy]

My fang blennies never bothered inverts. They can be delicate/difficult to feed, if they are wild caught. I had Meiacanthus oualanensis and Meiacanthus atrodorsalis.

 

[Moort82]

Eating inverts is something new for me too and goes completely against my experience of them. I don't think they are any different to any of the small blennies in terms of reef safety but with the added advantage that they won't nibble your corals.
The fang in their name is due to the large slightly venemous fangs which they use only for defense against predators not because they hunt your cuc, at least in my experience but i haven't kept that many species long term (worked in a lfs).
The ones i did keep including the wild were better with frozen foods than dried foods but never had a problem maintaining them or getting them feeding apart from a couple of Meiacanthus atrodorsalis who i think had a hard time shipping. Wouldn't hesitate to recommend any of them.

 

[CL72]

Thanks guys. I just noticed part of a hermit in a rock,not sure if it killed a hermit or another hermit molted...I sure hope it doesn't bother the invert..it is just beautiful

 

[davocean]

Maybe I got a bad egg, but as soon as I dropped it in tank it went straight over and bit not one, but two snails.

 

[Moort82]

Maybe I got a bad egg, but as soon as I dropped it in tank it went straight over and bit not one, but two snails.

There is normally an exception to every rule but i must say i didn't keep most of them for very long so maybe my experience isn't completely accurate.

 

[falconut]

I didn't have any issues with the Green Canary going after any snails or hermits. But, it disappeared after a few weeks to a month. Haven't tried one again since.