my clowns, the prison guards

salty420

this fish was coming on to me
Mar 8, 2007
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so i picked up my new midas blenny on saturday! im so happy because this is the one fish that i knew i wanted when i upgraded my tank from the 37g to the 75g. apparently however, my clowns are not as excited as i am. they literally have the fish imprisoned in the LR. im not kidding or exaggerating here, the blenny has gone into a hole next to my RBTA and the clowns will not let it come out. they seriously stay in the nem and watch the hole in the rock where the blenny is and when it pops it's head out they go over (mainly the female) and head butt it back in the hole. the blenny is eating, it pops it's head out when the clowns are eating and just grabs at food that passes by. but i've literally only seen it's head and gills. i assume that the clowns will calm down at some point but these clowns are pretty crazy fish that really have nothing better to do with their time than hang out in their nem (all day) and stare at the hole where the blenny is. i feel really bad for it! and i feel really dumb because i released the fish on that side of the tank in the back (dumb dumb dumb) right by the nem. so there's this big tank out there with all this nice holey rock for the blenny to hide in that is away from the clowns that he can't get to. i don't think there is anything i can do about it but i just needed to vent a bit and have you all tell me it will be ok......
 
I had to laugh. Clowns have such personality, but the blenny will eventually come out and get a bit braver. My bi-color started out afraid of his own shadow, then he started to bump the back of my hand becuase I got to close to his house (hole in the rock) while cleaning the glass.

I hope that you will post a pic of your midas. I think they are such beautiful fish. Good luck Salty.
 
here's the best pic i can get of the blenny and it's keepers...

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the picture pretty much shows exactly what i was talking about!
 
that's funny, but I feel bad for the blenny. I'm sure he'll get braver as he gets more comfortable in the new tank. I totally want one of these guys! You think I could add one in with the mix I already have? Or am I maxed out on fish?
 
yes, I am good about maintenance and yes I run a sump with a refugium. :)
 
i've named the blenny jupiter as when he was acclimating he had a cool camo design that looked like the colors of the planet jupiter on one of my son's placemats. anyway when i was feeding dinner tonight jupiter actually came about 1/2 way out of the hole before the clowns noticed - then they quickly pushed him back in and went back to standing guard. :(
 
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