starry blenny and lion fish?

[armison89]

what are the odds that my starry blenny will be killed if i put any of these fish in the 40 breeder with him?

Fuzzy Dwarf Lionfish (Dendrochirus brachypterus)
Hawaiian Lionfish (Dendrochirus barberi)
Red fin Waspfish (Paracentropogon rubripinnis)
Yellowspot Scorp (Sebastapistes cyanostigma)

 

[namxas]

It all depends on the size differential...blennies are the "perfect" shape for being swallowed, however, with that mix of fish, it should be OK. If your waspfish are OK, and your blenny is of similar size, you should be fine.

However, I dunno how well a yellowspot would do with an aggressive eater like a fuzzy. Do you already have one? If so, how is it doing/eating? Our specimen ended up bunking with our fu. I know nateqt has one, but I'm not sure how it's housed.

 

[FMarini]

its all about size differentials.
if the starry blenny is huge then maybe the Denrochirus lions wont touch it, but in general blennys are like linguine, slurpable w/ a fine chianti.
the other two scorpionfish have tiny mouths and/or are tiny themselves. Ive not seen a S.cyanostigma larger than a few inches, and the paracentropogons are coming in super tiny.

 

[FMarini]

wow greg-seems we were posting the same time and having the same thoughts

 

[namxas]

LOL Frank! I was just gonna say the same thing (again!)...

 

[armison89]

ok so the scorps are ok, the lions might eat him. right now hes about 3" ive had him for 5 months he was my first fish he was about 2" when i got him.

 

[namxas]

Again, it's all about "size differential" AKA "who's bigger than who" at any given time.

We keep full-grown wasps with full-grown dwarf lions with no trouble. However, we do tend to tread carefully before mixing, which is one reason we ended up with several setups, because as Frank mentioned sometimes fish come in pretty small, which is generally what we prefer (we like to grow them up and study the juvie to adult changes).

 

[nateqt]

I have all the fish you listed with a tiny ambon scorp and they haven't touched him so you should be fine.

However, I dunno how well a yellowspot would do with an aggressive eater like a fuzzy. Do you already have one? If so, how is it doing/eating? Our specimen ended up bunking with our fu. I know nateqt has one, but I'm not sure how it's housed.

In my tank, the yellow spotted in actually the most aggressive eater. Every time I try to target feed my fish the yellow spotted flies over and gobbles up the food.

 

[seahorsedreams]

Ours came in super small. Maybe that was the difference.

Sometimes it's a game of chance. One person's clown may be safe with their dwarf and in another person's tank it's lunch. Not only does it depend on personality, but it largely will depend on hunger. If you leave them lean and mean, they may take down a smaller fish that once was safe.

We had a Ghoul and a Barnacle Blenny together for a long time. That wasn't a planned union, but we just could not get him out. We had acquired an amazing ghoul and he needed to go in a stable tank pronto. So all but the one went in with the orange spot filled fish..... he got left behind. I could have caught him a few times after that, but he wasn't going in my OSFF tank after being in contact with the Ghoul. This was basically turned into the Ghoul's QT. Anyway... I digress. I'm sorry if anyone has a big attachment to Barnacle Blennies. Then after a few months, he was gone and the Ghoul was happy. :-(

And THEN, not only to do have to deal with differing personalities throughout the species, you also have to worry about changes in personality of the one specimen. As they get older, they change....

Then you have to worry about size potential verses reality. You can get monster adults at the fish store sometimes. If I grew one up from a little small baby, it will not reach it's full potential.... at all. I believe that to be related to diet. So, given either situation, either may or may not be appropriate.

 

[Bubbaboy]

Just follow common rule "if it fits in the mouth, its a probably meal." my fuzzy dwarf ate a chromis the other day and only the head fit in the mouth and stung the chromis and killed it. And so as long as its a big starry no worries

 

[nateqt]

I take back what I said, can't find the tiny ambon

 

[seahorsedreams]

ARGH! No!

 

[armison89]

i would put him im my clown/nem tank but i cant catch him. he has lots of caves/holes he can fit in.

 

[Woogiekids]

Oh no Nate!! Did you find him?

 

[nateqt]

nope...last I saw of him he was swimming in the water column like crazy but he usually does that when I turn off the lights, me thinks he either jumped or in somewhere in my refugium :[

He had just begun to eat frozen too!

 

[Woogiekids]

Boo!!! 0 for 2 on that pickup. Mine became angler food.

 

[namxas]

Just follow common rule "if it fits in the mouth, its a probably meal." my fuzzy dwarf ate a chromis the other day and only the head fit in the mouth and stung the chromis and killed it. And so as long as its a big starry no worries

Sorry, but I have a hard time believing your fuzzy envenomated its prey...did you see it happen? I'd think the chromis would run away from the lion rather than attack it, and if the lion had the chromis in its mouth, how could it sting it?

Just wondering...