i had this scooter blenny for a couple of months now... hes been fine for a while, recently i noticed hes been getting skinnier fast. i haven't seen him eating much lately, not even the brine shrimp. what other options do i have? hes been slowing down (a lot less movement) almost like hes on his way out. any quick solutions?
Scooter Blenny...what does it eat?
- Thread starter WiLL2c
- Start date
- Location
- New Jersey
Are you feeding it brine shrimp everyday? Have you tryed feeding it pellets or flakes?
- Location
- Miami
Mine eat every thing mices shrimp, flakes,pellets brine shrimp and pods. Try to switch it up may be bord of th same food.
- Location
- New Jersey
+1 try feed it different food everyday for example
Mon: Flakes
Tues: Pellets
Wed: Mysis
Then repeat the cycle over again. Im telling to this cause its working for me and i hope it works for you. I gotta thank RARECLOWNS from here for the feeding help.
from what Ive seen he does not eat pellets or flakes at all, i do feed mysis and brine shrimp 3 or 4 times a week and hes eating that but last night i fed brine and he just looked at it and buried himself a bit somewhere else
- Location
- New Jersey
If he buried in the sand hes giving you a hint. HE DOESNT WANT THAT NOMORE lol
- Location
- Miami
Scooter blenny always buried them self in the sand.. Go to ur lfs some of them carrie pods and put them in ur refugim (if you have a one)
- Location
- whitestone
Many LFS sell live pods, especially the one by reef nutrition. But the problem is that your fish will probably devour all of them before they are able to sette in your tank. A nice technique I used when I had my 2 gallon pico was that I used old water from the tank put it into a clear 1 gallon bottle, added some algae and a bottle of tiggerpods and placed it near the window. If there is no one to eat them, they reproduce pretty fast.
- Location
- Rockaway Park
next time, do your research before you buy a certain fish. :google: :smash:
try cyclopeeze. if things are really grim you might try buying a bottle of those live trigger pods, but that will get really expensive really quickly. also, maybe try the bottled stuff from reef nutrition or whatever they are called. the one that looks like a blended creamsicle might work.
I've had similar problems with other fish. My OSFF was eating everything in QT. Now that he's in the display he's much more finicky.
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