They really do add habitat to the tank my royal grammas loves them .
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NW Wholesaler Natural Large Purple Barnacles - Pack of 3 Barnacles - 4-7 Inches Each - for Ocean or Beach Décor, Aquariums, Terrariums, Air Plants and Arts & Crafts Projects
I would never boil anything that has been in the ocean. Doing so could aerosolize any organics on it (including toxins) which could be dangerous. I would also worry about it damaging barnacles as they are fairly fragile.
Barnacle blennies spend almost their entire lives perched in their barnacle or hole in the rock looking out at the world. They dart out to grab food and back in a flash! I call them the fastest fish in the ocean for 1 foot. They have amazing personalities and are a delight to keep. I have two panamic barnacle blennies in my nano and 2 eyebrow barnacle blennies in my 72x24 DT. Here's a short video of my panamics at feeding time. Hard to see the barnacles well from this angle due to the zoas over running them.
Agreed. I'd be concerned about boiling anything that's been in the ocean
You can get barnacles from amazon; they are natural and the give you a choice of clusters.I did not. I made a list of places that sold them that I was gonna call to see who had the biggest cluster available. My plan was to just rinse/soak and shake them in RO for a day or two. I thought about adding a little bleach, but thought that might strip the color off the barnacles.
All this talk of barnacles has me wanting to make room for some in my tank. Wish I didn’t scrap the list I had. Where did you end up getting yours from?