why so mean???

[maryjane66979]

ive had a starry blenny for a few months now lately he bites me everytime i put my hand in the tank, this is my first blenny so im not sure if its normal for this guy to attack me every chance he gets. anyone have a starry and how can i go about not getting bit. thanks.

 

[megn25]

We have a midas blenny in our tank and sometimes when i stick my hand in there he nibbles too. I think he is just assuming it is time to eat, and is usually just looking for some food

 

[bw256s_srt4]

He might be trying to clean your arm and hand off. My cleaner wrasse does this everytime I put my hand in my tank. He will just pick at my arm and hand cleaning it for me.

 

[btldreef]

He's trying to clean your. He associates you putting something in the tank with feeding time, so your hand is basically a food source for him.
 
 
I had a wrasse that used to do this to me. I started putting the net in the tank and chasing him around. He got scared of the net. So then every time I needed to put my hand in the tank for something, I put the net in first. Straightened him right out.

 

[mandolihn]

My lawnmower blenny used to do the same thing. Usually scared the crap out of me cuz i wasn't looking for her, i was looking for my clown who was also biting (painfully). Blen just got used to eating out of my hand and associated it with food and i guess figured "maybe i just can't see the food so i'll give a little taste!" cracked me up!