Hey Reef!
My tank has been up for almost 2 months now and the only inhabitants were 2 hermits and a yasha/randalli pair, so last saturday I went to the LFS and picked up a Midas Blenny my wife fell in love with.
I read so much about Midas Blennies being like puppies, and one of the most active fish etc...well...apparently not my Midas Blenny.
I got him home from the store, and drip acclimated him and put him in the tank. He looked horribile, dark brown coloring with white spots all over, very stressed out. He paced around the tank until he found a hole at the back of the tank, and jammed himself in.
It's been 6 days, and he has not moved from his hole except on feeding time, and even then he is very hesitant to exit his cave even a few inches, at this point it's like I bought another shrimp goby. Not what I expected to be honest, I now have 2 fish, but you would not say that is the case when you look in my tank haha, everyone is in holes and caves.
The blenny eats like a pig tho (I have to drop the food near his cave tho), he will chow down whatever I throw at him..frozen, pellets, flakes...my Yasha is the same.
So how normal is this for a Midas Blenny? Can I expect him to ever come out and actually be active or am I stuck with a fish that I'll never see now haha?
Pretty bummed out it worked out like this. He is really cute, and I don't want to return him to LFS, but at this point it's like I don't have a fish in the tank at all.
Anyone have similar experience with Midas?
EDIT: Forgot to mention that his coloration improved in the 6 days that I've had him, but he still has a shade of brown. When he gets out of the cave to eat, he looks very yellow under the light, but he is still not a vibrant yellow that he was in the LFS.
My tank has been up for almost 2 months now and the only inhabitants were 2 hermits and a yasha/randalli pair, so last saturday I went to the LFS and picked up a Midas Blenny my wife fell in love with.
I read so much about Midas Blennies being like puppies, and one of the most active fish etc...well...apparently not my Midas Blenny.
I got him home from the store, and drip acclimated him and put him in the tank. He looked horribile, dark brown coloring with white spots all over, very stressed out. He paced around the tank until he found a hole at the back of the tank, and jammed himself in.
It's been 6 days, and he has not moved from his hole except on feeding time, and even then he is very hesitant to exit his cave even a few inches, at this point it's like I bought another shrimp goby. Not what I expected to be honest, I now have 2 fish, but you would not say that is the case when you look in my tank haha, everyone is in holes and caves.
The blenny eats like a pig tho (I have to drop the food near his cave tho), he will chow down whatever I throw at him..frozen, pellets, flakes...my Yasha is the same.
So how normal is this for a Midas Blenny? Can I expect him to ever come out and actually be active or am I stuck with a fish that I'll never see now haha?
Pretty bummed out it worked out like this. He is really cute, and I don't want to return him to LFS, but at this point it's like I don't have a fish in the tank at all.
Anyone have similar experience with Midas?
EDIT: Forgot to mention that his coloration improved in the 6 days that I've had him, but he still has a shade of brown. When he gets out of the cave to eat, he looks very yellow under the light, but he is still not a vibrant yellow that he was in the LFS.
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