Synchiropus Ocellatus

[chrissaysyes]

Just curious about this...

Scooter Blenny for sale on eBay.

That says that the fish is disease resistant. Is this true? How so? If so, does this include crypto?

 

[Lynden]

Dragonets are thought, or at least used to be thought, to have poisonous skin, which could, in speculation, perhaps help prevent epidermal parasites. I would not call them disease resistant as the only two I have ever owned died from diseases; my scooter blenny was even feeding on frozen glassworms when the entire tank was stricken with crypto and gill flukes.

 

[chrissaysyes]

Since my tank has been running fish free, the pod population has BOOMED. Thought it may make a nice home for a mandarin or scooter. But while on the subject, and my information may be too vague but...My tank is 55 US Gallons, around 40lbs of liverock, a pretty large amount of macro algae growth as in a foot tall crop of caulerpa...just wondering if that sounds suitable in sustaining a mandarin? I was hoping that if they are indeed disease resistant then I could add one while waiting for the crypto to die off but I suppose that's out of the question.

 

[Lynden]

Definitely enough for an Amblygobius (Rainford's goby included), and perhaps enough long term for a dragonet. I always recommend getting ones that feed on dead foods.

 

[chrissaysyes]

Dragonets are thought, or at least used to be thought, to have poisonous skin...

What do you mean used to be thought?

 

[Lynden]

I'm not sure if it has been proven right or wrong yet.