Cleaner and Blenny

[Stalwart]

Got a pic of my cleaner shrimp doing his thing on the blenny

You can actually see the shrimps apendages inside the blennys gill plates.

Everyone is getting along nicely

 

[Gina]

OooooAhhhhh! A little to the right now please! LOL
Nice pic!

 

[Stalwart]

Kinda weird, The blenny has been running up and down the side glass for a couple of minutes, then settles next to the shrimp, lets the shrimp dig around in his gills for a bit and then repeats the whole process again, the blenny has done it a dozen times in the last hour or so I have been watching. Anyone else ever witness this? Anything to it?

 

[Woodstock]

My bicolor blenny just hops around from perch to perch. Is yours new? Maybe it is just settling in?

 

[Kensn]

Maybe what he is eating is sticking to his teeth......

 

[Stalwart]

Been here for about a week Woody, he just started doing the up and down the glass thing last night, and today he has added sitting in front of the shrimp alot. he is doing it again right now.

I dont know what to make of it

 

[Woodstock]

Check your parameters. Sounds like something is irritating him. Are your other fish behaving normally? Any signs of Ich on this new guy?

 

[Stalwart]

Blenny looks fine, no slime on him, he is not purposely rubbing rocks, he is eating normal. Other fish seem fine.

Parameters look good

SG 1.023
Temp 78.7
ph 8.2
no2 0
no3 5
ammon 0
ca 410
po4 0

take a look

 

[Woodstock]

I use AP Test kits also

Well, maybe he is homesick or hungry?