Ecsenius bicolor

Ecsenius bicolor

Maintenance :

Easy

Compatibilité aquarium récifal :

Green

Taille adulte moyenne :

11 / 4.3

Taille minimale de l’aquarium :

50 to 100 litres

Relations intraspécifiques :

Solitary

Relations interspécifiques, ne pas maintenir en présence de :

Don't get on well with other blennies, except in a large volume aquarium.

Dimorphisme sexuel :

No

Zone de vie dans l’aquarium :

Rocks

Conseils de nos experts :

Ecsenius Bicolor is one of the most easily available, and most appreciated Blennies, especially for his appetite for seaweed. A consumer of filamentous algae, she will be useful for any aquarium that would suffer from episodes of algal proliferation.
But she is also a host of choice, even when we don't have that kind of problems in the aquarium.
Almost always present in view of the decor, Ecsenius Bicolor has her favorite observations, on which she spends a good part of the day. In the natural environment, she lives in large tubicoles, like protula, or dead bivalve shells. Offer it such a shelter, or failing that a section of adequate diameter pvc tube, skillfully integrated between the anfracuction of living rocks, in height, will make Ecsenius Bicolor the most "happy" of your residents, even if it can be satisfied of a hole in a rock or interstices offered by the establishment of corals.
Reactive and always on the lookout, she quickly recognizes her healer, and often makes "calls" in the form of small leaps and short moments of swimming, when he observes the aquarium (probably hoping for a little food. It is A fish that quickly acclimatizes to its new environment and will quickly eat inert foods, first thawed meat cubes (Artemia, Mysis, Krill chopped ...), then dry food (granules and glitter).
All the Blennies need on the one hand vegetable in their diet. They graze on the micro-algae on the rocks, and at the foot of the corals: it should not be alarmed if it is observed biting at the foot of a coral, if it is properly nourished, it does not attack This one, but finds small algae as close to the feet. On the other hand, if you do not offer her vegetable ration according to his needs, you will actually see real attacks on hard corals, because the Blennie will try by all means of obtaining the nutrients she needs. In addition to these attacks on Anthozoa, his metabolism would suffer from deficiencies and his life expectancy would be greatly shortened. To avoid this, it will be very simple to offer it adequate plant foods.
In mature aquariums normally poor in algae, we recommend that you distribute pellets or spirulina flakes on a daily basis (where the "spirulina formula" or "herbivorous fish formula") is made. If large herbivorous fish are present in the aquarium, and you distribute dried nori leaves regularly, you will see the Blennie coming to eat it.

The Ecsenius Bicolor females are dark, of an almost brown/black purple, while the males are more contrasting, the yellow of the caudal part is well marked.
If they are hosted together, a sexual pair of the same species must have space to separate occasionally: they will not be installed in less than 300 liters. On the other hand, we will absolutely avoid associations of different species, less than a very large aquarium (at least 1,000 liters), to obtain two vast territories available

His average life expectancy is 5 to 8 years.

Paramètre physico chimique de l’eau :

Temperature 24-27 ° C, salinity 1.022-1.024, pH 8.0-8.4, KH 6-10, mg 1200-1400, CA 400-480, No3> 10, PO4> 0.05

Régime alimentaire :

Carnivorous

Origine géographique :

Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean