Fish ID

[Pridedcloth3]

Howdy, so i made an order with rusalty for 50 grass shrimp to stay breeding for Live food and a day later I noticed a random fish swimming around that pretty much stayed where I couldn't get much of a photo. Thought it was a mojarra but it's so tiny that I'm gonna have to wait to find out. We'll fast forward a week and now I'm seeing 2 more! One being cryptic and not allowing me to catch a good look at it but the other just didn't care. I'm thinking it's a scorpionfish but again it's pretty small so I wanted to get done opinions.

 

[Pridedcloth3]

Literally just hanging out wherever

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Looks like a blenny to me! (could be wrong though)

 

[I never finish anythi]

Looks like a blenny to me! (could be wrong though)

That's what I thought.

 

[timmyrules]

Looks kinda like a lawnmower blenny

 

[littlefoxx]

Literally just hanging out wherever

Molly miller blenny I believe

 

[BryanM]

Another vote for lawnmower blenny here

 

[Pridedcloth3]

No not that mainly because it's from Florida. The shrimp are wild caught so it 100% came from the gulf and looking at the eye position it's for sure a predator.

 

[Pridedcloth3]

For giggles I looked closer to the typical blenny head and it doesn't match. Whereas the blenny has a sharp round off the pictures I have show a longer taper.

 

[Cheese Griller]

yeah it's some kind of goby. Frillfin perhaps? Will be hard to tell without a side view pic

 

[Pridedcloth3]

yeah it's some kind of goby. Frillfin perhaps? Will be hard to tell without a side view pic

It's in a sump so that'll be kinda hard to pull off, plus it's insanely quick.

 

[Pridedcloth3]

yeah it's some kind of goby. Frillfin perhaps? Will be hard to tell without a side view pic

From first eye view and looking at pictures it is similar.

 

[jabberwock]

Set up your phone to take video and position it close to where it usually hangs out, and then, walk away for several minutes.

 

[Cheese Griller]

From first eye view and looking at pictures it is similar.

Since it's sumped I don't think the exact ID matters too much, most gobies have similar enough requirements

 

[Pridedcloth3]

Set up your phone to take video and position it close to where it usually hangs out, and then, walk away for several minutes.

I'll take a shot at that tomorrow before work, hopefully I can catch the other two fish out and about asking with this fellow.

 

[Pridedcloth3]

Since it's sumped I don't think the exact ID matters too much, most gobies have similar enough requirements

The reason for it is the sump is where I'm growing out the grass shrimp so of it's a full on predator which is what i suspect I'll have to rethink my setup. Also this sump is standalone. 100% bought just for shrimp. Completely cutoff from the main tank which is straight aio since I plugged the holes.

 

[littlefoxx]

For giggles I looked closer to the typical blenny head and it doesn't match. Whereas the blenny has a sharp round off the pictures I have show a longer taper.

Yeah your right, blew the pictures up and it does look more like a goby in the face. I dont think its predatory though? If it is I totally want one lol predator goby sounds cool!

 

[Cheese Griller]

I think in relation to the grass shrimp it could be predatory- if they can fit in its mouth they will end up there lol.

But sounds like a cool setup! Keep us posted if you get more pics

 

[Pridedcloth3]

I think in relation to the grass shrimp it could be predatory- if they can fit in its mouth they will end up there lol.

But sounds like a cool setup! Keep us posted if you get more pics

Will do, got two more for you guys to help me out with once I'm able to get a pic.

 

[Pridedcloth3]

Yeah your right, blew the pictures up and it does look more like a goby in the face. I dont think its predatory though? If it is I totally want one lol predator goby sounds cool!

I'm a huge predator fish guy and that would be awesome.