Anyone else have a rapid-color-changing blenny?

[scytale]

Long-story-short, I was spying on my peppermint shrimp (NOT eating the aptasia) with a flashlight last night--and I inadvertently spotted my bi-color and his face was all spotted!:shock:

Or maybe "splotchy" is a better word for it--he was sticking out of his hole--but it looked like someone had taken a tiny eraser and rubbed the color off of parts of his face!
(Actually he looked like he was wearing clown make-up!--white patches around his mouth, around his eyes, by his antennae, etc....)

IT TOTALLY FREAKED ME OUT!!!!
I even turned the MH bulbs back on--just to make sure my eyes weren't playing tricks on me.

I know I've read that blennies sometimes fade colors based on stress,
and can change patterns for mating, etc....but this was a pretty drastic change, anyone else experienced this?!?

(BTW: When the lights came on this morning he was completely normal looking!)

 

[dragoneggs]

Yes many animals can look different under different lighting and especially at night. Coloration is part of their mating and camoflague repertoire.

 

[Blazer88]

Mine changes color every night, nothing to worry about.

 

[Salty D-O-G]

My red lip does that at night also. I think it's camoflage. Blennies are so cool aren't they?

Jerry

 

[nano_reeflover]

My bicolor changes every night too.

 

[balogh03]

My bi-color will turn into a one-color sometimes :shock:...i will walk in and he looks normal, see him later and his is all black, then look at him even later, and he will be back to normall. I dont know, i dont think that blenny's are all there :lol:

-augustus

 

[scytale]

Thanks everyone, I'm glad to know it's "normal"!

I just checked him tonight--and he's wearing his "clown-face" again...
but tonight I got to see his sides too, white-on-black zebra stripes!! very

My wife was about to start calling him "Lenny the Blenny"
but with this dual-coloring thing he's got going on--I may have to dig into some of my old comic books for a name...

"A Mild-mannered billionaire/reporter/freelance photographer by day, but when darkness falls--Lenny dons his costume to fight crime as the incredible Mr......!" (to be continued)

 

[Pikachu]

This reminds me of the first time i purchased a saltwaterfish. A few years ago, i bought two yellow talbot damsels. I was on my way home got out of hte car and put it onto the kitchen table, a couple minutes later i looked in and they were dark grey! i was like omg they gave me the wrong fish.. haha i was so silly=) they were of course the correct fish and had just color shifted while they were freaked out. I bet i even color changed to a little redder skin tone when i got freaked out cause they were different colors cuase they had freaked out... if that last sentence made anysense=)