'blennies do the darndest things'

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TropicalNorth

Bligh..The Demander Of Attention..
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Whenever I do a water change I turn the powerhead off, as soon as I do this I see a flash of yellow as my Bicolor Blenny flies into the DIY spraybar on the powerhead. I kid you not :screwy:. He stays in there the whole time whilst I do the water change, watching...

Also I started feeding my marines flake recently and he's taken to sticking his whole head out of the water, like a periscope, to look for the flake. He spends a good few seconds (each time) with his head out of the water surveying the surface :huh:. I tried to get a pic of him doing this but he's too quick.

You gotta love blennies, great little characters.
Oh and his name is Bligh.

Blenny 5.JPG Blenny 3.JPG
 

clown-lover

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Very cool fish and it looks like you have an amazing tank.. Anyway we can talk you into a full tank shot???
 

TropicalNorth

Bligh..The Demander Of Attention..
Jun 9, 2006
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Thanks.
Full tank shots never do my tanks justice but you get the idea. It's a 20g low light reef tank, and as you can probably tell baby leather corals are king. The tank has been running for about 10 months. I collect my own seawater (most aussie reefers do), I don't use any additives, the light is only 36w and I do weekly 10% water changes.

Tank 3.JPG Octocoral 9.JPG Octocoral 10.JPG Torch Coral 8.JPG Hermit 4.JPG
 

clown-lover

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Very cool tank.. Is that an elegance coral??
 

TropicalNorth

Bligh..The Demander Of Attention..
Jun 9, 2006
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I believe its a young Euphyllia sp but I could be wrong.
It was a hitchhiker on the live rock.
This is what it looked like in the beginning.

Coral 1.JPG
 

Rbishop

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Very nice photos!
 

TropicalNorth

Bligh..The Demander Of Attention..
Jun 9, 2006
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Thanks.
I've ordered a nanostream to replace the powerhead so Bligh won't be able to play in the spray bar for much longer. I hope he doesn't develop the same fascination with the nanostream...
 
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