Reef Safe Blennies.....

[lostmyz]

Looking for a ref safe Blenny, I have tribal or so the LFS told me it was but doesnt look like it that much. I have heard different stories if its reef safe or not with SPS etc...

I had a tailspot blenny at one time before it jumped out the tank and it never touched coral and i was told that these aren't reef safe and it never touched my sps in my frag tank.

I assume blennies are like dwarf angels and its hit or miss. What do you all suggest. I want a nice colored blenny that also grazes on aglae and macro algae.

 

[Duc1098]

There are plenty of reef safe Blennies out there. Currently I have a Convict Blenny that helps move substrate away from the rock that my Tiger Tail Cucumbers collect. I also have a Midas Blenny that goes great in a reef. I had a lawnmower blenny that I just recently got rid of since it was tearing up my Blue Spot Jawfish.

 

[lostmyz]

Well I have this guy in QT the lfs said tribal but i dont think so. They initially said it was a black combtooth than corrected themselves. Id actually really like yo get a red sea mimic blenny! But good luck finding one of those!

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Here he is in the bag and in the tank. Stressed out and saying leave me alone. Luckily tho my purple tang in QT isn't bothering him at all!!! But she's leaving the tank for being a giant beotch!

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[SecretiveFish]

I would guess that that is actually a Starry Blenny (Salarias ramosus). They are reef safe, I have had one for several years, and he has never bothered any corals. He bites me all the time though.....

 

[lostmyz]

Not a starry blenny.... he's not spotted/speckled at all. And his horns aren't the correct shape either. Who knows. I keep my DT fairly well fed so... I hope he's not an sps eater

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[Alkamist]

i had a bicolor that loved to chew on my sps, i tried to find him a new home but he went carpet surfing instead.

 

[lostmyz]

Lol! I had a tailspot that loved no coral but when carpet surfing too no idea why ... had him in the tank for months

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[SweetTang]

I have a tailspot in my 28g who is a model citizen. He doesn't mess with any of my zoas, lps, or sps. I also have a small (1.5") bicolor Blenny in my larger tank. Though he is still young, he doesn't mess with any of my coral. I don't have any sps in my large tank though....

I have heard Midas Blennies are good too....I want one, just don't think he will go well with my Bicolor....

 

[aleonn]

My midas and starry blennies do not bother my inverts or corals at all.

 

[immortl]

My starry blennie has been a model citizen towards the few corals I have (maze and candy cane) and zoas. I've never seen him bother them at all. Sometimes he'll perch among the candy cane heads, but that's it and they don't seem to mind at all. He eats the mysis, roggers reef food, and picks quite a bit at the small patch of macro algae (suction cup caluerpa I think it is) that I maintain in the DT.

Now the starry blennie did NOT like the diamond spotted gobies - he killed both of the ones that I introduced into the tank within a few short hours. I was very bummed about that. The fluorescent green carpet anemone ate well that day.

 

[Budforever44220]

My star blenny hasn't hurt any coral. Just knocked stuff over, he is about 5" long

 

[johnike]

Starry and Midas here as well. Great fish!!

 

[trinidiver]

lawnmower blenny

 

[NatureNerd]

I have had my tailspot for years, see avatar, model citizen. I have no LPS. But he never bothers my clam, SPS, LTA, or SPS's. Seems perfectly reef safe to me.

They can jump. Once I found him in the overflow.

 

[aandfsoccr04]

My starry blenny is a great tank addition and doesn't bother corals or inverts at all.

 

[Fish Biscuit]

I love my tailspot, doesn't bother anything & has the best personality. Gets mad when I pull out my phone to take a picture, the camos go on & I get the evil eye from his hiding spot.

 

[Duc1098]

If I were you I would stay away from the Lawnmower/Algae Blenny... they are great initially and really help keep the tank clear of hair algae, but once the get bigger they tend to become a real terror and very territorial. At least that was my experience with one, but one it comes to a beautiful $80 Blue Spot Jawfish, and a $15 Lawnmower Blenny... the Jawfish is gonna win and the Lawnmower blenny has got to go. And he made his way to a maximum security tank, also known as my brothers tank. The Midas Blenny I have though is a beautiful fish, gets along with all his tankmates and is always out and about in the water column.