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Old 08-19-2007, 11:24 AM
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Hi! I'm just now starting to add fish to my 75 gal. tank. My first fish were 2 orange spotted gobies and one lawnmower blenny. The two gobies are getting along great...... However.......the blenny has been bullying them! the Blenny perches up on a rock, waits for the gobies to come out of their "home" under one of the rocks, and darts down at them--scaring them back into the hole! I thought that it was a territorial thing, and that they'd work out their differences, but now this has been going on for about 2 weeks---all day every day! Any thoughts? Suggestions? It just seems like all the blenny focuses on is bullying the two gobies, and the gobies can't even come out long enough to sift/eat in peace! Thanks!
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Old 08-19-2007, 11:41 AM
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Have you tried to change LR around? if not try it,By the way it sounds probally wont work my powder blue tang did samething tomy coral beautyI didnt think it was gonna stop so I took the coral beauty back to the lfs (which ive been kicking myself for) where I got a credit, note that there not gonna give you ur full $$ back they want to make another profit when they reale!! However you could get another blenny and see how that works, Is the blenny much bigger than the gobies?
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Old 08-21-2007, 05:48 PM
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Thanks! No, haven't tried to rearrange the rock yet. The gobies are bigger than the blenny---another reason why it seems so odd that they're letting him pick on them!
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