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dc_909
10/08/2006, 11:03 PM
Anyone have experience with this fish? The books say it is, but experience is always better.
avshockey311
10/08/2006, 11:51 PM
Most blennies are reef safe I belive.
godlyme
10/09/2006, 01:07 AM
i have one...he is the coolest guy ever....ive never seen him nip at anything. that is exept once when i put a bi color blenny in the tank...he gave him 1 bit and then left him alone..
SDguy
10/09/2006, 08:01 AM
AFAIK, they are zooplankton feeders. The one I had was never with SPS, other than that, it was reef safe.
jbittner
10/09/2006, 08:05 AM
my midas is a great reef fish. active, friendly and very entertaining--oh and never nipped at anything.
jamal-188
10/09/2006, 08:32 AM
Be careful, my first one went carpet surfing, found him the next morning all dried up on the floor
Bret61081
10/09/2006, 09:19 AM
I love mine! great guys with lots of personality...Mine loves to hang out in a hole in the rock, swimming, or resting on some mushroms...I would say 100% reef safe...mine never bothered a thing
dc_909
10/09/2006, 01:34 PM
Thanks

I plan I getting one the LFS has.
kel5944
10/09/2006, 02:05 PM
Mine has never nipped at any corals. It is my favorite fish. He is a bit agressive at feeding time. He tries to steal from my clown gobies or chase them off, but they always get away with no problem and they are allowed to get plenty to eat too. I've read that they can attack and kill gobies, but I've never had any physical contact between them. They definetly can be jumpers though. Keep a canopy or covered top.
duec22
10/09/2006, 03:01 PM
I had mine for about two and a half years befor he finally started heading down hill. In that time he was mixing into a wide variety of corals including SPS and never had a problem. One thing to keep in mind is that these fish do not have a swim bladder, so they use a lot of energy swiming. Mine was fine untill I added some chromis and he tried to swim with them all the time. If you find your's is doing a lot of swiming it's going to need food several times a day to keep up it's energy levels. I sure do miss old Frank (aka old blue eyes)...I still think they are one of the nicest looking fish out there.


RIP :sad1: :sad2:
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/23251midas2.jpg
mike89t
10/09/2006, 03:33 PM
My favorite fish by far! They are totally reef safe. Here is mine:

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/543/73065Midas2.jpg