Bicolor blenny breeding

[jschulzpt]

Has anyone tried, or has any advice on breeding bicolor blennies?

I know very little about fish breeding (have done lots of coral fragging), but have done some light searching on the website. I would appreciate any links that you think would be beneficial.

Any suggestions or recommendations about equipment needs?

While I do not plan nor want to be cheap with my set-up or plans, conserving electricity and efficiency is as important to me as saving wild caught fish.

If I am successful I am more than willing to share my successes with everyone that participates in the discussion. Important note for anyone expecting a bicolor blenny in the next few months if our crossed fingers and fish Gods work in our favor... I will not initiate the plan until summer to give me time for more research.

[aquawolf]

I don't know anything about it but want to tag along as I would really like to see if they can be captive bred as they are a really cool little fish. Best of luck to you.

[jschulzpt]

Tank specs:

55 gallon Reef
Water flow ?G/hr
Lighting-T5 50/50 130W

Fish: 2 orange skunk clowns, 1 oscellaris, 1 bicolor blenny, 1 lawnmower blenny

Corals: red candy cap, pom poms, xenia, mushrooms, zoas, orange ric, endive hydnophora, green starburst polyps, kenya tree, thin finger leather

1 coral banded shrimp, peppermint shrimp, blue legged hermits, nassarius snails, turbo snails, 1 cerith snail, 3 emerald crabs

[jenglish]

Is there a reliable way to sex them? In general breeding projects require a dedicated tank for breeding and sometimes a sepreate setup for raising the young. Not sure if its absolutely neccasary w/ these but usually breeding goes a whole lot better w/ live foods for the fry

[jschulzpt]

I don't know if there is a way to accurately sex them either. A quickie internet search says no. I do have a back up tank for the fry. I don't know what I will do for feeding the fry. I don't know since they are supposed to be herbivores if the typical fry food will suffice.

[jenglish]

again, I speak only in generalities because I know little of this particular species (aside from cuteness). I know that sometimes juveniles eat meat in herbivore species. So its possible they would eat BBS. I might look into raising plankton, infusoria or rotifiers. Perhaps it will be as easy as green water. I have a somewhat dated text saying that the striped blenny (Meiacanthus spp.) has been spawned but the fry had not been succesfully raised in captivity by hobbyists. Sometimes close species are a good place to start research on methods. HTH

[jschulzpt]

Thanks I will try to find some info on striped blenny breeding. What text did you use? Your text wasn't written by Bill Brasky was it? I heard that he can breed with anything.

[jenglish]

Originally Posted by jschulzpt

Thanks I will try to find some info on striped blenny breeding. What text did you use? Your text wasn't written by Bill Brasky was it? I heard that he can breed with anything.

No, it was actually written Jay Hemdal but I wondered if anyone else even remembered that skit. It was hard to find a quote that was family friendly.

[Loverotties]

Never herd of it! But would be cool!Go for it!