Help, made a big mistake

[Paintbug]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8256691#post8256691 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Phentoal
I too am a LFS employee (That marine bio degree finally paying off)

I’ve seen these in the store form time to time. Always labeled as Leopard Blenny and always labeled reef safe.

IMHO you DO have a leopard Blenny and Not the Exallis brevis.

i would suggest instead of flaming others about over paying, and telling them the wrong info, that you borrow a couple of books while you are on break at work, and read a little. maybe spend some time correctly labling the fish. the Exallias brevis is called a Leopard Blenny. Cirripectes stigmaticus are often called Black Sailfin Blenny, and Red-streaked Blenny. no offence intended!!
http://www.amonline.net.au/fishes/fishfacts/fish/ebrevis.htm

 

[aquaticbliss]

That is definitly a Stigmata Blenny. We just started selling these and am afraid to report they are not always 100% reef safe. I've had retailers we deal with claim they were eating Zoo's and SPS. Here's hoping yours stays on his best behavior.

 

[aquaticbliss]

That is definitly a Stigmata Blenny. We just started selling these and am afraid to report they are not always 100% reef safe. I've had retailers we deal with claim they were eating Zoo's and SPS. Here's hoping yours stays on his best behavior.

 

[JmLee]

beautiful!

 

[dcombs44]

I had to chime in to agree. Best of luck with a beautiful fish.

 

[ACBlinky]

Thanks! He's goofy -- last night he paired up with our pistol shrimp and hasn't left the shrimp's side for more than a few minutes at a time since then. He slept in the pistol's burrow under the rock last night, and looks like he's getting ready to do so again tonight. He's fattening up nicely, scraping film algae off the glass and rockwork and eating the bits of nori that float away from the clip and get stuck on the powerhead intake covers. This afternoon he seemed to sort out that the nori hanging off the clip is food and took a swipe at it, so I'm hoping that soon he'll start eating seaweed sheets and get nice and round