Fish of the Month... Blennies! [Archive] - Reef Central Online Community

gregr

07/01/2006, 09:58 PM

The coolest fish in the trade I say :)
Show off your Blennies!
I'll start it off with one from my tank... Mr. Personality:
http://www.gregrothschildphotography.com/blennies/blenny64_std.jpg

Snausages01

07/02/2006, 01:30 AM

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y70/Snausages01/Starry-Blenny2.jpg

Melody

07/02/2006, 03:51 AM

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/29566blue_eyes.jpg

Melody

07/02/2006, 03:52 AM

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/29566lawnmower5.jpg

this is me

07/02/2006, 08:49 AM

http://i.pbase.com/o4/80/587080/1/56197597.DSC_1127.jpg
http://mk29.image.pbase.com/o4/80/587080/1/56197598.DSC_1185.jpg
http://i.pbase.com/o4/80/587080/1/59028775._DSC3933.jpg

BeakerBob

07/02/2006, 09:33 AM

My red spotted:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v505/beakerbob/Fish/RedspottedBlenny-DSCF1354-7acopy.jpg

and my Lawnmower in the grass:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v505/beakerbob/Fish/931Lawnmower_in_Grass-RC.jpg

looking at you:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v505/beakerbob/Fish/BlennyEye.jpg

bllfish

07/02/2006, 09:47 AM

Bi Color - 6 years

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a376/bllfish/bicolor.jpg

thor32766

07/02/2006, 06:52 PM

great pics everyone~~~

thetedinator

07/02/2006, 07:26 PM

Greg,

Thanks for the 'start'.

Awesome pics everyone!

cya,

Ted

gregr

07/03/2006, 09:32 PM

More Blennies... must have more BLENNIES! :D
http://www.gregrothschildphotography.com/mytank7-06/blenny87_std.jpg
That's one of a pair of Tailspot Blennies in my tank- they are the coolest...

Snausages01

07/04/2006, 12:07 AM

Greg, are the starry and the tailspots in the same tank?

If so have you had any problems with them fighting?

gregr

07/04/2006, 01:00 AM

Yep- same tank. There's no aggression between the Starry and Tailspots- the Ember Blenny... he's another story. Took him months til he was comfortable- he was a rare sight for maybe 4 months but now he's out all the time, and when he sees the Starry Blenny he postures- but as far as I can tell the Starry is totally indifferent- acts like the Ember is a nobody :p
There's a Redspot Blenny in there too:
http://www.gregrothschildphotography.com/mytank7-06/blenny79_std.jpg The Ember is the only one that acts aggressivley towards it but I've never seen worse than posturing (at which point the Redspot swims away).

Snausages01

07/04/2006, 02:23 AM

Nice, thanks for the info! I was asking because I really liked the tailspots and was thinking about getting one after seeing them a lot around here, but just steered clear since I figured they would go after it. How did you get your pair? Were they paired up when you bought them or did you introduce them at different times? How can you sex them?

A much older shot taken with ole Cannon PS.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y70/Snausages01/LMB2.jpg

gregr

07/04/2006, 09:29 AM

How did you get your pair? It was pure luck- I had the bigger one for about 6 months and found the second one- a much smaller fish and added it thinking they could stay out of each other's way in a five foot long tank. They didn't notice one another for a couple months and once they did they've been together ever since :)

pipatic

07/04/2006, 11:04 AM

meet benny,
benny (http://gallery.pethobbyist.com/data/97071_(Medium)-med.jpg)

gman0526

07/04/2006, 02:00 PM

Benny Knivell

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v605/Gman0526/P6140027.jpg

Blugobi

07/06/2006, 08:42 PM

gregr,

Do you have any issues with your Blennies fighting, how many do you have in your tank?

Geo

gregr

07/06/2006, 10:05 PM

I got me a mess o blennies. two barnacle blennies- they tolerate each other but are not friendly exactly. aside from them the only aggression is from the ember- he's very shy but when he sees the starry he chases him away. the pair of tailspots get along with everyone, as does the red spotted blenny. oh yeah- the midas ignores all other fish and they ignore him back.

opie

07/06/2006, 10:26 PM

Sorry to hijack the thread but can you tell me what coral this is?

http://i.pbase.com/o4/80/587080/1/59028775._DSC3933.jpg

mike89t

07/07/2006, 03:56 PM

My favorite fish a Midas Blenny I named Goldmember:

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/73065Midas2.jpg

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/73065midas_peekaboo.jpg

gregr

07/07/2006, 04:05 PM

I think it's a montipora danae
great midas pic!

SuzLucky

07/07/2006, 07:26 PM

These are all wonderful pictures.

bradleyj

07/08/2006, 12:08 AM

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v714/tileman/100_3989.jpg

Gary Majchrzak

07/09/2006, 09:24 AM

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y270/gary334/IMG_1976keeper.jpg

pipatic

07/13/2006, 06:12 AM

benny on a 2in leather frag
http://www.reefpark.net/forums/uploads/post-2213-1152785190.jpg

thor32766

07/13/2006, 09:49 AM

great up close shots!

gregr

07/13/2006, 10:45 AM

Great pics all.
Here's a shot of Mr. Barnacle looking for food:
http://www.gregrothschildphotography.com/blennies/blenny7_std.jpg

bigdee65

07/13/2006, 10:46 AM

great pics!!! I am thinking of getting a Midas blenny and this thread just sealed the deal :)

gregr

07/13/2006, 10:54 AM

Midas Blennies... another great photo op :p
http://www.gregrothschildphotography.com/marinegallery4/marine97_std.jpg

pipatic

07/13/2006, 05:39 PM

stunning greg

NaH2Ofreak

07/15/2006, 12:46 AM

King Midas!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v445/NaClH2Ofreak/midasblennyforweb.jpg

Dennis

CodeToad

07/15/2006, 01:44 AM

Gatta love blennies! Some great shots in here too :)

http://www.toadpool.com/blenny.jpg

natep206

07/15/2006, 03:49 AM

this is my orange spot blenny ( liveaquaria.com calls it that and i always have i guess it ccould be called a red spot also) i also got a midas today. its under a rock hiding and acclimating. hopfully it will come out and share its beauty soon!

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a106/natep2o6/orangespottedblennypipeorgan.jpg

nate :beer:

fishinbuc

07/29/2006, 04:36 PM

I just started a show off your Blennie thread in the Reef Fishes section. Now I see this. DOOHH! They are very cool fish.

Anyway, here's Waldo.

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j274/bush_whacker/Waldoandxenia009.jpg

amazonlover

07/29/2006, 08:21 PM

hey every oen alsome blennies!!! iv almost finnished cycling my 5.5 i was wondering if anyone would recomend a type of blennie that would live in there nicely??? thanks alot and once again alsome freaking blennies all!!!

DebsSisterFlo

07/29/2006, 10:44 PM

This is Lenny

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/107457lennyresize.jpg
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/107457lenny1resize.jpg

moussa

07/30/2006, 08:07 AM

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7667575#post7667575 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by bllfish
Bi Color - 6 years

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a376/bllfish/bicolor.jpg

maaad bio colour man ....... hes or shes hot

addam4208283

07/30/2006, 06:24 PM

nice shots everybody. how are these fish temp wise? i was thinking about getting one to put with my fire fish in my 12gl DX, would this be ok? i really like the mid. blen but saw how big they can get at the LFS near me so thats out. does anyone have any recs?
ADAM

DeanneL

07/30/2006, 10:38 PM

This is my first time posting a pic. (I hope it works). Sorry pic is not very close. My blenny is still a little shy.http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/101588blenny.jpg

gregr

07/31/2006, 10:25 AM

addam4208283 - your best bet for learning about the compatiblity issues is the Reef Fishes forum (http://reefcentral.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=&daysprune=&forumid=88).
Greg