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]

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:

Skinny Blenny issue

Skinny blennies: Midas blennies are much more difficult to maintain than their common presence in the pet trade would have you believe. They are very prone to starvation. It is unknown if this is due to not feeding them often enough, not feeding enough, feeding the wrong foods, or if internal...

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[JcK03]

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

Skinny Blenny issue

Skinny blennies: Midas blennies are much more difficult to maintain than their common presence in the pet trade would have you believe. They are very prone to starvation. It is unknown if this is due to not feeding them often enough, not feeding enough, feeding the wrong foods, or if internal...

www.reef2reef.com

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]

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:

Skinny Blenny issue

Skinny blennies: Midas blennies are much more difficult to maintain than their common presence in the pet trade would have you believe. They are very prone to starvation. It is unknown if this is due to not feeding them often enough, not feeding enough, feeding the wrong foods, or if internal...

www.reef2reef.com

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.