Keep it or not ?!! Midas Blenny

[JcK03]

Hello all !
I'm actually questioning myself about my Midas blenny, he's my favorite fish of my reef, but I don't know if he's really happy ?
My tank is a Waterbox 20gal cube, mixed reef, and tank mates are :
2 clownfish
1 little sixline wrasse (no more than 1in)
1 green clown goby (warpaint)
1 tiny baby cleaner shrimp
And my lovely Midas blenny

Here's a short video of him, he swim like this all day long, and he eat like a pig ! (He's like a dog, et begging me for food every time he see me)
All fishes are fine together, no aggression or chasing.

Yea I know I'm posting here like please someone tell me it's fine.. but I want the real thing and know if he looks happy or not !

Thank you all !

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Hello all !
I'm actually questioning myself about my Midas blenny, he's my favorite fish of my reef, but I don't know if he's really happy ?
My tank is a Waterbox 20gal cube, mixed reef, and tank mates are :
2 clownfish
1 little sixline wrasse (no more than 1in)
1 green clown goby (warpaint)
1 tiny baby cleaner shrimp
And my lovely Midas blenny

Here's a short video of him, he swim like this all day long, and he eat like a pig ! (He's like a dog, et begging me for food every time he see me)
All fishes are fine together, no aggression or chasing.

Yea I know I'm posting here like please someone tell me it's fine.. but I want the real thing and know if he looks happy or not !

Thank you all !

Sorry - I don't see a video attached. Here is an issue that I posted about Midas blennies:

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/skinny-blenny-issue.922129/

 

[JcK03]

Sorry - I don't see a video attached. Here is an issue that I posted about Midas blennies:

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/skinny-blenny-issue.922129/

I don't know why it doesn't work for the video.. but I don't have any real issue with him, he's yellow bright color, eating really fine (3 times a day) it's just he's way of swimming make me wondering if he's happy, sometimes he swim frenetic, right and left of the same side of the tank, I don't know if this can be a sign he don't have have enough space ? Or this can be a normal behaviour of this fish ?

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

I don't know why it doesn't work for the video.. but I don't have any real issue with him, he's yellow bright color, eating really fine (3 times a day) it's just he's way of swimming make me wondering if he's happy, sometimes he swim frenetic, right and left of the same side of the tank, I don't know if this can be a sign he don't have have enough space ? Or this can be a normal behaviour of this fish ?

Midas blennies are open water swimmers, but they lack air bladders. That means they expend a lot of energy staying up in the water column. That activity is normal, but if they get thin, that's a huge issue....

 

[JcK03]

Sorry - I don't see a video attached. Here is an issue that I posted about Midas blennies:

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/skinny-blenny-issue.922129/

But for sure he's not skinny, pretty fat guy haha

 

[Lavey29]

20g is 15g with rocks. Way to small for the midas blenny and 6 line with the other fish in the tank.