Starry blenny
Salarias ramosus
FishSaltwater
- Care level
- Easy
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Reef safe
- Yes
- Recommended tank
- 200 L
- Maximum size
- 13 cm
- Temperature
- 24–27 °C
- pH
- 8–8.4
- Diet
- Herbivore
Care at a glance
The starry blenny is dark brown, sprinkled with white dots, with fringed appendages above the eyes and a blunt, rounded head. It hops from rock to rock and constantly scans its surroundings with mobile eyes.
It is a genuine algae eater that scrapes hair algae and film off the rock all day and therefore needs a well-grown tank. Supplement with algae sheets and keep one per tank; towards other algae-eating blennies it is distinctly territorial.
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