Bicolor blenny and starry blenny.....questions!

miserkris · 10/18/2011, 08:52 PM

Are they both reef safe?

Will they pick on sps, corals and cuc, hermits etc?

I know it varies in each case but pls share ur experiences.
Mine is a 75g mixed reef.
Thanks

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Sugar Magnolia · 10/18/2011, 08:56 PM

Both may nip at LPS and clam mantles.

thi7b · 10/18/2011, 11:22 PM

My son have a starry blenny in his 185gal. He pick at the rock all day long. He have not touch any of the LPS or the 3 clams.

billwill · 10/18/2011, 11:29 PM

I've had bicolor blennys for years and never touch the corals. My damn wrasse keeps flipping my clam upside down everyday though...

peasofme · 10/19/2011, 10:28 AM

not reef safe

Sk8r · 10/19/2011, 10:32 AM

I've had no trouble with a starry, a tailspot, and: hammer, frog, montipora cap, crocea clam, caulestra. The starry is a combtooth film-eater, and will starve to death without enough film algae or green food. I have never known either to bother anything: both are combtooths. I believe the bicolor might be a fanged blenny, as is the canary, and sometimes those are iffy with corals and clams.

SecretiveFish · 10/19/2011, 10:39 AM

We have had a starry blenny in our 65 reef for close to 2 years with no problems. Like billwill, I had problems with my wrasse knocking over a clam but no issues with the blenny. I have had to supplement his diet with Ocean Nutrition Formula 2 flakes as he was getting thin.

I have not every had a bi-color blenny but really want to some day.

miserkris · 10/19/2011, 05:53 PM

If I ever get issues with either of them, in my 75g can I catch them using a fish trap, without breaking rocks down?

Thx

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Khemul · 10/19/2011, 05:59 PM

If you get them considering other foods, yes. They'll swim into a trap if they recognize the bate as food.

If they only look at algae as food, pray they have a favorite rock that is easy to remove. Just chase them into that, remove rock and fish is removed. Otherwise they probably will ignore a fish trap.

I suspect with the combtooth blennies that people reporting coral nipping are not always seeing what they think they are. Corals can get algae on/around them. A blenny eating this algae would look very much like it is nipping the corals.

peasofme · 10/19/2011, 06:02 PM

bicolors will take a turbo snail shell as a home. the starry will not

AquaReeferMan · 10/19/2011, 06:21 PM

Here is my Starry Blenny. Ive had him for 4 years in my reef systems. Doesnt mess with anything. Tank is mostly SPS with some zoanthids, a frogspawn and a clam. Hands down one of my favorite fish.

10/18/2011, 08:52 PM	#1
miserkris Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Downingtown,PA Posts: 1,062	Bicolor blenny and starry blenny.....questions! Are they both reef safe? Will they pick on sps, corals and cuc, hermits etc? I know it varies in each case but pls share ur experiences. Mine is a 75g mixed reef. Thanks Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk __________________ 156g Oceanic Mixedreef,100g Sump Current Tank Info: 156 g mixed reef

10/18/2011, 08:56 PM	#2
Sugar Magnolia Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Northern VA Posts: 17,691	Both may nip at LPS and clam mantles. __________________ Adrienne The only thing to fear is fear itself....and spiders.

10/19/2011, 10:32 AM	#6
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	I've had no trouble with a starry, a tailspot, and: hammer, frog, montipora cap, crocea clam, caulestra. The starry is a combtooth film-eater, and will starve to death without enough film algae or green food. I have never known either to bother anything: both are combtooths. I believe the bicolor might be a fanged blenny, as is the canary, and sometimes those are iffy with corals and clams. __________________ Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.

10/19/2011, 05:53 PM	#8
miserkris Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Downingtown,PA Posts: 1,062	If I ever get issues with either of them, in my 75g can I catch them using a fish trap, without breaking rocks down? Thx Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk __________________ 156g Oceanic Mixedreef,100g Sump Current Tank Info: 156 g mixed reef

10/19/2011, 06:21 PM	#11
AquaReeferMan Got Reef? Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Under the Sea, Pa Posts: 4,593	Here is my Starry Blenny. Ive had him for 4 years in my reef systems. Doesnt mess with anything. Tank is mostly SPS with some zoanthids, a frogspawn and a clam. Hands down one of my favorite fish. __________________ Couple SPS/Zoanthid tanks and a couple of FW planted tanks. Current Tank Info: 5 pieces of glass with some silicone and plastic frames holding them together

10/18/2011, 11:22 PM	#3
thi7b Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 274	My son have a starry blenny in his 185gal. He pick at the rock all day long. He have not touch any of the LPS or the 3 clams.

10/18/2011, 11:29 PM	#4
billwill Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Oregon Posts: 244	I've had bicolor blennys for years and never touch the corals. My damn wrasse keeps flipping my clam upside down everyday though...

10/19/2011, 10:28 AM	#5
peasofme Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: usa Posts: 1,405	not reef safe

10/19/2011, 10:39 AM	#7
SecretiveFish Registered Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: PNW Posts: 713	We have had a starry blenny in our 65 reef for close to 2 years with no problems. Like billwill, I had problems with my wrasse knocking over a clam but no issues with the blenny. I have had to supplement his diet with Ocean Nutrition Formula 2 flakes as he was getting thin. I have not every had a bi-color blenny but really want to some day.

10/19/2011, 05:59 PM	#9
Khemul Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL Posts: 988	If you get them considering other foods, yes. They'll swim into a trap if they recognize the bate as food. If they only look at algae as food, pray they have a favorite rock that is easy to remove. Just chase them into that, remove rock and fish is removed. Otherwise they probably will ignore a fish trap. I suspect with the combtooth blennies that people reporting coral nipping are not always seeing what they think they are. Corals can get algae on/around them. A blenny eating this algae would look very much like it is nipping the corals.

10/19/2011, 06:02 PM	#10
peasofme Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: usa Posts: 1,405	bicolors will take a turbo snail shell as a home. the starry will not

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