Favorite blenny?

[exsequor]

Starry Blenny is my favorite. I have a 6.5" Starry in my 36.5x24.5x12.5" 45 gallon with 70 gallons of actual water capacity with no problems. Now I wouldn't put this Starry in my 40b reef, but my 45 gallon reef has the perfect dimensions for him and I don't care what anyone online says.

 

[exsequor]

Here are some pics of my Starry

 

[exsequor]

Here's my Starry Blenny "sleeping" in one of his many perch spots at 2am. Such a cool fish. Not aggressive at all, not even to the 2" neon goby, even though he is the longest fish in the tank (nearly 7" and fat), he is a nice fish, worst thing he does is if I don't feed him enough supplemental cichlid pellets, he'll swim up top and "dart" down super fast at the sand bed, and make a small sand storm, and sometimes if he's really feeling fiesty he'll plow into a frag that I didn't glue or something. But for the most part, very well mannered fish. Like's to try to suck on my fingers anytime i have my hands in the tank working. Which is better then what my near hand size cinnamin/tomato clown does, which she tries to attack to my hand lol.

I love the fact that the starry blenny is a chameoleon of sorts and will go from white, to grey to blueish grey to blackish-purple grey. Super cool fish.

 

[exsequor]

Here is the 45 gallon reef in which my starry, coral beauty, 2x cinnamon clown, neon goby, sergeant major, electric blue damsel, and blue tang. Before tang police come up on me, I'm going to be moving him into a 200 gallon tank when I move the tank into my new house. He's happy, I bought him with minor Ich and he's been doing great in curing it and getting past that juvenile stage. I know some people are fiercely against putting even a 2" blue in a tank this size, but they DO keep them at the stores for sometimes 1-2 years in smaller tanks, so it is really no different. The key is to transfer him once he's the size of my coral beauty.

 

[The_Reef_Keeper]

I vote for the tailspot blenny. Awesome little fish

 

[Dkuhlmann]

Midas Blenny! :thumbsup: Best blenny there is

 

[CoralsAddiction]

True golden sailfin Blenny (Tonga). They are best purchased as adults to ensure they don't turn black. I love mine

 

[davocean]

Another vote for tailspot

 

[jd371]

My last fish that I put in the DT was a Midas. Love that fish! A lot of personality.

 

[Deinonych]

Another vote for tailspot

And another. Tons of personality and very hardy.

 

[smeesh726]

Love this guy!

 

[Blue spot]

I love the stary blenny , but a close second is a pair of pictus , surprisingly colourful and stay small so you could get 2 and watch them interact with each other .

 

[Deleted member 336650]

Can a tailspot & starry be kept in the same tank (120 gal)?

 

[sepulvd]

I was wondering as well if you can have more then one blenny I currently have a bicolor. I really like the look of the midas. can they co exist in a 60 gallon

 

[GimpyFin]

Starry blenny is definitely my favorite. They have the neatest personalities. I have a starry and midas in the same tank and have had no issues between them (Had them both for 2.5 years.)

 

[wesamazmy]

I tried Bicolor Blenny & Lawnmower Blenny

the Lawnmower Blenny is the best in algae eating

https://youtu.be/Cxcy2cynVJM

 

[eastlake]

I'm all about the tailspot blenny, mine was busy as a bee looking for new hidey holes and such and forever nipping at film algae and hair algae, equal parts entertaining and useful. All that being said starry and midas are both beautiful.