Algae Blenny

[amallapaty]

I have a few questions about an algae blenny.

Is it reef safe (I have zoa's and green star polyps)? Will I be able to keep it in my 36 gallon tank? The one I wanna get is around 1.5'' long. Is that too big? Will it scare my damsel? What does it eat...algae..and when that runs out..will it eat brine shrimp?

Thanks in advance,
Ajaya

 

[amallapaty]

also

as far as algae goes, does it eat green algae?

 

[mavl666]

Mine etas the green algae of the rocks and glass. Yes, it is reef safe in the fact it won't eat corals. However, mine hops around them so they close up when that happens, no real major affects though. My blenny eats frozen, mysys, krill and the marine cuisine with spirulina. Hope this helps.

 

[masterswimmer]

I agree with mavl. Great little fish with a great personality. They'll pick at the rock and glass all day long.

swimmer

 

[amallapaty]

Thanks for the advise, will they also eat the greed algae growing on the sand?

Just brought him home...and it seems to be doing great

 

[e.muehlbauer]

Algae blennies are great.....but only now am I having success...in that I've had it almost a year. In the past, I have found that algae blennies eat well, have full guts, and then waste away anyway. An LFS guy suggested that it may be because they were eating too many animal-rich foods....and they do love flake food. At any rate, my other blennies just scraped the tank for algae....this guy does that as well, but it is the first I have seen to eat caulerpa..(nothing eats my caulerpa...not even my tangs...). So it may be that mine now has enough variety in algae (in summer it also gets Ulva and Gracillaria) to offset the flakes that it also eats.

 

[SIReefer]

Depends on the individual speciman - my AB snacked on my zoas when it got larger. I have a bicolor blenny & I have not noticed him grazing on any corals.