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Blennies

DYIguy

DYIguy

NJRC Member
9 months ago I got a very small starry blenny from a fellow reefer and added it to my 75g and never saw it again. I kicked myself at the time thinking I should have put it in the 13g until it got bigger. I assumed it died. This morning when feeding I noticed a fish lurking in the shadows. At first I thought it was one of my 2 Molly Millers, but it was smaller, and I was able to catch them hopping around the rock. It has to be the starry blenny. Never knew they were so shy
 
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eholceker

NJRC Member
DYIguy said:
9 months ago I got a very small starry blenny from a fellow reefer and added it to my 75g and never saw it again. I kicked myself at the time thinking I should have put it in the 13g until it got bigger. I assumed it died. This morning when feeding I noticed a fish lurking in the shadows. At first I thought it was one of my 2 Molly Millers, but it was smaller, and I was able to catch them hopping around the rock. It has to be the starry blenny. Never knew they were so shy
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Mine is not shy at all.
 
DYIguy

DYIguy

NJRC Member
I'm starting to think that my Molly Millers aren't both mm's and that the Starry Blenny isn't a starry blenny-it doesn't have the typical markings of a starry- I can't get a good pic of it. The attached photo is of the 2 mm's I have-I got them from different vendors- the one on the bottom is a mm, not sure about the one in the top of the pic
 

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Salted

Salted

NJRC Member
Mine sure wasn’t shy. Always out hopping from perch to perch. When I fed if I cupped my hand and put it in the tank my starry would come and sit in it.
 
IUECreefer

IUECreefer

DYIguy said:
I'm starting to think that my Molly Millers aren't both mm's and that the Starry Blenny isn't a starry blenny-it doesn't have the typical markings of a starry- I can't get a good pic of it. The attached photo is of the 2 mm's I have-I got them from different vendors- the one on the bottom is a mm, not sure about the one in the top of the pic
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Top one is definitely not a starry Blenny but in the blenny family
 
DYIguy

DYIguy

NJRC Member
IUECreefer said:
Top one is definitely not a starry Blenny but in the blenny family
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Top one was supposed to be a Molly Miller- don't think it's that either- gets along fine with the real one- more of a percher, the real MM is a big swimmer and when it sees me get close to the tank, sits on a rock waiting to be fed lol
 
IUECreefer

IUECreefer

DYIguy said:
I'm starting to think that my Molly Millers aren't both mm's and that the Starry Blenny isn't a starry blenny-it doesn't have the typical markings of a starry- I can't get a good pic of it. The attached photo is of the 2 mm's I have-I got them from different vendors- the one on the bottom is a mm, not sure about the one in the top of the pic
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Top one is definitely not a starry Blenny but in the blenny
DYIguy said:
Top one was supposed to be a Molly Miller- don't think it's that either- gets along fine with the real one- more of a percher, the real MM is a big swimmer and when it sees me get close to the tank, sits on a rock waiting to be fed lol
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yeah seems to look like it’s in the tompot blenny family
 
DYIguy

DYIguy

NJRC Member
So now I have 2 mystery blennies- in one in the pic and another that hides in the shadows, eats flakes and algae, so now I have 6- a bicolor, a canary, a molly miller, a striped and 2 mystery ones. Best part is that none are territorial or aggressive- all get along fine with each other and all the other tank mates
 
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