Hitch hiking blennies

[littlefoxx]

So a while back I posted about some blennies that somehow made it into my tank. The one I saw was TINY. Well today I found it again and theres two!!! Saw them both at the same time. Pretty sure they are molly millers now that they are getting bigger, different shape and pattern from a lawnmower. One lives in my hairy mushroom colony the other shares a hole that has green hair algae growing in it with my midas blenny, Mo! They are super cute and Im so shocked that neither the marine betta or my dwarf fuzzy has eaten them!!! They are super cool to watch.

I still have no clue how they got in my tank or where they came from but hey Im not mad, got two cute little blennies! (Maybe more? Lol)

 

[jmichaelh7]

Your lucky !

 

[littlefoxx]

Your lucky !

I know! I was like where the H did these come from? At first I thought they were bad cause I would see it dart really fast but now that I can see them and they are not super skitty I know they are blennies for sure! Super cute little guys.

 

[mapman]

I know! I was like where the H did these come from? At first I thought they were bad cause I would see it dart really fast but now that I can see them and they are not super skitty I know they are blennies for sure! Super cute little guys.

Do you think they come from some LR you bought is that a possibility?

 

[Kmst80]

That's so cool.I have had so many critters coming in on my live rock but no fish. Gained some corals too, nothing beats live rock imo.

 

[littlefoxx]

Do you think they come from some LR you bought is that a possibility?

See thats the weird thing, all my rock is caribsea and dry before it goes in my tank so theres no way it came in on them! Im wondering if they came in on that mushroom colony, thats a type of live rock and I got that colony together like that but its been in the tank for a fat minute, so maybe they were just good at hiding

 

[Joj]

Always a bonus! Have a fat Molly miller Blenny myself and they are cool when trying to back into a hole smaller then his stomach. Got some TB live rocks recently but unfortunately no hitchhiking fish. I also agreed must of been on your mushroom colony

 

[mapman]

See thats the weird thing, all my rock is caribsea and dry before it goes in my tank so theres no way it came in on them! Im wondering if they came in on that mushroom colony, thats a type of live rock and I got that colony together like that but its been in the tank for a fat minute, so maybe they were just good at hiding

That’s awesome have you noticed them eating aiptasia if you had any? They are supposed to eat aiptasia and some coral

 

[jda]

That is cool. They totally could have come in on a mushroom colony. If they are Molly Miller, then they are from the Caribbean. If the mushrooms are from the Pacific, then the blennies hitched a ride in a store or wholesaler somewhere.

 

[Anemone_Fanatic]

Nice. Looks like one is a molly miller, and the other is Ecsenius sp.

 

[littlefoxx]

That’s awesome have you noticed them eating aiptasia if you had any? They are supposed to eat aiptasia and some coral

Well I got a klieni butterfly and Ive seen him eat them all the time so its hard to say if these guys eat them. I dont see them during the day, just at night!

 

[littlefoxx]

Nice. Looks like one is a molly miller, and the other is Ecsenius sp.

I think they both are molly millers. I have a midas in there in one of the pictures blocking them but they look identical. Thought it was the same blenny until I realized the other handnt moved!