SailfinBlenny attacking my seahorse

[Basile]

Having a display refugium i've put seahorses on one side and having some experience with seahorses and lots with snails and knowing that snails can devoure your entire collection of macroalgae , i've put a Sailfin/Algae Blenny (Salarias fasciatus) in. A otherwise very frendly fish and with a lively attidude with competitive food wise disposition.

Now how shocked was i when i saw him , grazing on my seahorse. It seemed like it, could it just be that, grazing, but the horse was not impress nor was i. But later he was sleeping near one bigger one male . The seahorses are Hyppocampus Erectus Lined seahorses.

The refugium





Now could it be a one time thing ? I'm worried, never seen a blenny act so agressive like that before.

[rayjay]

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[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Seahorse move so slowly that they sometimes grow a bit of algae on their body plates. That's probably what is attracting the blenny. It unfortunately is not a fun experience for the seahorses to have a big fish (to them) sucking algae slime off their sides. I had to get rid of my lawnmower blenny out of my old seahorse tank because of the same issue.

[misty s]

Originally Posted by SeaHorse_Fanatic

Seahorse move so slowly that they sometimes grow a bit of algae on their body plates. That's probably what is attracting the blenny. It unfortunately is not a fun experience for the seahorses to have a big fish (to them) sucking algae slime off their sides. I had to get rid of my lawnmower blenny out of my old seahorse tank because of the same issue.

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