Gobies, blennies, and small marine fish
Bicolor Blenny
Ecsenius bicolor
Photo: portioid · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature24–27 °C
- pH8.1–8.4
- Minimum tank100 l
- Adult size10 cm
- Difficulty★☆☆☆☆
- TemperamentPeaceful
- WaterMarine
- Reef safeYes
Full profile
- Family
- Blenniidae
- Origin
- Indo-Pacific (Maldives to Fiji)
- Size
- 10 cm
- Temperature
- 24 – 27°C
- pH
- 8.1 – 8.4
- Salinity
- 1.023 – 1.025
- Difficulty
- ★☆☆☆☆
- Water type
- marine
- Swimming level
- lower
- Behavior
- Peaceful (territorial toward other blennies)
- Minimum number of individuals
- 1
- Minimum aquarium size
- 100 L
- Diet
- herbivore – omnivore (algae, frozen food)
- Reproduction
- oviparous
- Reef Safe
- ✅ Yes
Notes: Dark blue front half and orange back half. It peeks out from holes in the rock and nibbles on algae. It has a lot of personality.
