Pipe Organ eating bi-color blennie
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gflat65
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Possibly and I think so
. It really depends on the bicolor. I have one in the wifes tank with a nice sized pipe organ and it doesn't nip it. It does nip other corals, though... Gotta love the hit or miss of this hobby. I've got a sribbled rabbitfish that ate a pocillopora, a bunch of my zoas, and is working on my acans now(lords and echinatas). Most people don't have these issues with their rabbitfish (some have issues with zoas, but I haven't heard of anyone else with scribbled rabbitfish eating stoneys... I've seen mine do it, so it's not just conjecture.). If it can go wrong, by Murphy, it will in my tank.
. It really depends on the bicolor. I have one in the wifes tank with a nice sized pipe organ and it doesn't nip it. It does nip other corals, though... Gotta love the hit or miss of this hobby. I've got a sribbled rabbitfish that ate a pocillopora, a bunch of my zoas, and is working on my acans now(lords and echinatas). Most people don't have these issues with their rabbitfish (some have issues with zoas, but I haven't heard of anyone else with scribbled rabbitfish eating stoneys... I've seen mine do it, so it's not just conjecture.). If it can go wrong, by Murphy, it will in my tank.
is the bi color pecking on something close to his hangout? i noticed my bi pecking on a leather close to his favourite hole, i think he was just annoyed by its intrusion - i moved it a bit further away and he stopped doing it.
i don't think i'd get rid of him in any case, he is such a character
i don't think i'd get rid of him in any case, he is such a character
Gary Majchrzak
Team RC
I had a Bicolor Blenny take out corals. It's not unusual. Do a search on this type of Blenny and get rid of the fish.
I had a Rabbitfish (mine was a Gold Spotted) eat (really thick) table Acropora. Get rid of the fish.
Or.... the fish might get rid of your corals.
I had a Rabbitfish (mine was a Gold Spotted) eat (really thick) table Acropora. Get rid of the fish.
Or.... the fish might get rid of your corals.
gflat65
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Shhh. Be vewy vewy quite. I'm soon to be hunting rabbitfish. Just gotta figure out how to outsmart the little muncher. I keep thinking that nightime will be best (when it's sleep swimming), but I can't ever find it when I want to snag it... Maybe Nori will help me out. Give a crackhead some crack and they tend to forget about the workld around them.
. Just gotta figure out how to outsmart the little muncher. I keep thinking that nightime will be best (when it's sleep swimming), but I can't ever find it when I want to snag it... Maybe Nori will help me out. Give a crackhead some crack and they tend to forget about the workld around them.
Gary Majchrzak
Team RC
*in hushed tones*
OK, Elmer- here are some wabbit hunting tips:
Wabbitfishes are gluttons. They seemingly can't resist food. Silly wabbit- twix are for kids. Get your hands on a fish trap and bait it with your choice of food. Remember to be vewy quiet!
Wabbitfishes are fairly intelligent, too. If you use a fish trap, make sure to trap the fish on the first try... or it might not be fooled twice.
The Bicolor Blenny should be an easy snag. Watch which rock it holes up in and remove the entire rock while the Blenny is inside it's hole.
OK, Elmer- here are some wabbit hunting tips:
Wabbitfishes are gluttons. They seemingly can't resist food. Silly wabbit- twix are for kids. Get your hands on a fish trap and bait it with your choice of food. Remember to be vewy quiet!
Wabbitfishes are fairly intelligent, too. If you use a fish trap, make sure to trap the fish on the first try... or it might not be fooled twice.
The Bicolor Blenny should be an easy snag. Watch which rock it holes up in and remove the entire rock while the Blenny is inside it's hole.
gflat65
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Hunter-1, hunted-0:uzi:
I tried going the route of gluttony to trick the rabbitfish into the net. No good, too smart. My next thoguht was sleepfishing. I told my wife if she happened to wake up in the middle of the night to get me up. She spotted the little terror and it stayed put. With a little preparation, I scooped it out easily and have it floating in the 20L QT (after removing the relocated zoas and acans...). I'm gonna try to peddle it to one of the LFS.
That blennie should be an easy one to catch if you can get its favorite rock out. I have caught many that way. Hold it over a container (its fav hole pointed towards the container) and it'll drop in for you. Easy as pie. They have a really cool personality, but all but one I have owned were nippers.
I tried going the route of gluttony to trick the rabbitfish into the net. No good, too smart. My next thoguht was sleepfishing
. I told my wife if she happened to wake up in the middle of the night to get me up. She spotted the little terror and it stayed put. With a little preparation, I scooped it out easily and have it floating in the 20L QT (after removing the relocated zoas and acans...). I'm gonna try to peddle it to one of the LFS.That blennie should be an easy one to catch if you can get its favorite rock out. I have caught many that way. Hold it over a container (its fav hole pointed towards the container) and it'll drop in for you. Easy as pie. They have a really cool personality, but all but one I have owned were nippers.
