Lawnmower Blenny with Midas Blenny

[Pigpen17]

I have a Gold Midas Blenny in tank at the moment, but I would love to add a Lawnmower as well. I know one Blenny per tank is about all you can do, but they SEEM like very different animals. Could they work out in a 30" wide tank?

Other livestock:
Red Elongated Dottyback
2- Vanderbuilt Chromis
Black Bar Circus Goby

 

[Maritimer]

30" might be a tad small for the midas, as they spend a _lot_ of time on the move.

That having been said, I've got a starry and a midas together in a 36", 65 gallon tank - and they ignore each other pretty hard all day long. Neither one seems to regard the other as competition for anything they're interested in.

~Bruce (who rather enjoys both fish!)

 

[Pigpen17]

That's good to hear. My Midas spends a lot of time swimming high and lives in a unused MP-10. Yeah I know. Expensive Blenny house! In theory, a Lawnmower should spend it's time lower in the tank?

Or I don't know, I'm thinking maybe an Emerald Crab instead, but I am a little worried of it getting hostile with my Porcelain Crab.

 

[Sk8r]

Emeralds may take a piece of fish. They won't eat them, but they're nippy. I'd think the behavior of the blennies would keep them in different zones, but be aware the midas has some upward size potential.

 

[Pigpen17]

Thanks. Yeah, if they go at it, I think Penny the Blenny is the winner. She is the boss of the tank.