My two 230g tanks and 80g add on

[Delphinus]

Sorry to hear it. Blennies sure seem to be sometimes very iffy that way. I lost my ember blenny about 2 months ago (just before everyone got moved over into the new tank) in much the same way: everything fine, then one day at feeding he wasn't there. Found him floating near the back of the tank. Had had him for well over a year.

Couple other blennies I've tried have never made it past the first week (both ember blennies in those two cases). Just poof, one day, they're done, that's it.

Weird and disheartening...

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by Delphinus

Sorry to hear it. Blennies sure seem to be sometimes very iffy that way. I lost my ember blenny about 2 months ago (just before everyone got moved over into the new tank) in much the same way: everything fine, then one day at feeding he wasn't there. Found him floating near the back of the tank. Had had him for well over a year.

Couple other blennies I've tried have never made it past the first week (both ember blennies in those two cases). Just poof, one day, they're done, that's it.

Weird and disheartening...

Strange how that is I was thinking I might get an ember blenny in the future, but now I'm leaning more towards a starry blenny. Might just do a good old bi-colour blenny, I had one yrs ago and he was the most personable blenny I ever had.

[lastlight]

Duncans look great! I'm really convinced I moved mien up too high I think they are getting too much light.

Originally Posted by fishoholic

Strange how that is I was thinking I might get an ember blenny in the future, but now I'm leaning more towards a starry blenny. Might just do a good old bi-colour blenny, I had one yrs ago and he was the most personable blenny I ever had.

I recently couldn't find my bi-color and he'd been totally fine previously. Firecracker of personality I really miss him.

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by lastlight

Duncans look great! I'm really convinced I moved mien up too high I think they are getting too much light.



I recently couldn't find my bi-color and he'd been totally fine previously. Firecracker of personality I really miss him.

Duncans are non-photosynthetic, so they don't need much light. I target feed mine mysis and acan plus every once in awhile (which seems to help) and I do dump a lot of mysis in when I feed my fish so I'm sure it gets some mysis from the regular tank feedings.

Sorry about your blenny that sucks

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by lastlight

Duncans look great! I'm really convinced I moved mien up too high I think they are getting too much light.

mien???? have you had Kien on your brain lately

[kien]

Originally Posted by fishoholic

mien???? have you had Kien on your brain lately

whaa?? are you sure it isn't YOU that has Kien on your brain ??? I suppose there could be worse things to have on your brain. I'm not sure what those are though.

By the way, Duncans do contain zooxanthella and are capable of photosynthesis.

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by kien

whaa?? are you sure it isn't YOU that has Kien on your brain ??? I suppose there could be worse things to have on your brain. I'm not sure what those are though.

that backfired, you were supposed to bug Brett.

Originally Posted by kien

By the way, Duncans do contain zooxanthella and are capable of photosynthesis.

Hummmm.....and here I was tryin to sound smart because Doug told me they were non-photosynthetic and that they didn't need light, usually when it comes to corals I just take Doug's word for it

[fishoholic]

Found some info about ducan's and thought I'd share the link

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/p...70&pcatid=2670

This info stood out to me:

"In the home aquarium, place in low current areas with low to moderate light."

"Though they feed through photosynthesis via the symbiotic algae zooxanthellae that thrive on the colony, this coral also benefits from regular target feedings of meaty marine foods such as enriched mysis and brine shrimp."