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Choosing and Caring for the Marine Blenny for your Home AquariumWith so many amazingly colored marine fish available for the home aquarium, it's easy to become very fond of their vibrant colors and lovely finnage. Even so, most aquarists favorite specimens are often those that possess the most "personality." But most of all in terms of personality, no other fish group compares to the blennies. Combined with a usually excellent temperament and constant alertness, their daring antics make them quite entertaining to watch.Compared to many other marine aquarium fish groups, blennies make for extremely low-maintenance pets. Simple to feed and comfortable in just about any size tank, very simple to care for, this disease resistant hardy group of fish seldom pose any major problem for even the beginner aquarist. Most owners of blennies consider their appearance and behavior as cute, entertaining, even comical. With such a great personality, and their ease of care it is no wonder why they are one of the top recommended saltwater fish groups for the home aquarium. Aquarists can count on their Blenny being reliably reef safe, and their small adult size make them an excellent choice for any marine aquarist. As a group, the blennies are enormously varied. The so-called "true blennies" are known as blennioids and form their own taxonomical group. Though some aquarium literature speaks as though these true blennies form a family, the blennioids actually make up an entire suborder, with six families comprising the suborder Blennioidei. This suborder claims around 833 separate blenny species in 130 genera. That's a whole lot of funny looking, comical blennies! With such a large genera, its amazing that certain traits are found throughout. The entire group are smallish in body size yet the eyes and mouth of a blenny are relatively large, and they often bear distinctive antenna or whisker like appendages on their heads. Special Note:When you see "Aquarium Conditioned" on one of our featured saltwater fish, it means the fish have gone through our Aquarium Conditioning Process which is from 26 days to 60 days long, depending on species. During this time the arriving ocean fresh fish first go through Quarantine, then go into our aquarium life systems. In our aquarium life systems they will get used to aquarium life and we work on getting them to eat well through a special process we use to change ocean fresh saltwater fish over to our aquarium conditioned fish. The process includes enough time to let us have confidence sending marine fish to you knowing they will do well in proper aquarium conditions and they will also eat well, which are the two most important factors if you expect a long life saltwater aquarium fish. 15 Results |
Sailfin Algae Blenny Salarias fasciatus Click to view You Tube Video on the Sailfin Algae Blenny
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Ecsenius stigmatura YouTube Video of the Tailspot Blenny
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Salarias ramosus
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Ecsenius bicolor YouTube Video of the Bicolor Blenny
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Meiacanthus atrodorsalis
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Ecsenius spp.
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