Picture of my Lawnmower Blenny
- Thread starter jeddy
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Thanks, I've had him about two years. He didn't eat much when I first got him but now he'll take just about anything I put in there. Guess I was lucky. I do remember attaching seaweed select to a few pieces of rock in the beginning though. He's my favorite fish. The only one with enough character to name.
Jim
Jim
I was worried about him for the first couple of months that I had him. I tried seaweed select, nori, calerpa, formula two, spinich, lettuce he wouldn't eat any. I resorted to taking vitually all of my snails and hermits out so that he'd have any new algie growth for himself. He made it for the first couple of months off of just what he could pick off of the live rock.
I finally got the idea to take a small chip clip and attach a little seaweed select to it and place it in a nook by one of his favorite perches. He didn't eat it right away but it was gone a couple hours later. I continued this until one day I was feeding formula two and he swam up and grabbed a piece. That was it! Since then he eats straight out of the water column and he eats everything. Spirulina, formula two, angel formula, flakes, pellets, my home made meaty food. It's funny to watch him grab a chunk of formula and carry it back to a rock holding it in his mouth like a dog. He still grazes off of the rock and glass as well.
Long story but maybe you'll find something useful. Good luck!
Jim
I finally got the idea to take a small chip clip and attach a little seaweed select to it and place it in a nook by one of his favorite perches. He didn't eat it right away but it was gone a couple hours later. I continued this until one day I was feeding formula two and he swam up and grabbed a piece. That was it! Since then he eats straight out of the water column and he eats everything. Spirulina, formula two, angel formula, flakes, pellets, my home made meaty food. It's funny to watch him grab a chunk of formula and carry it back to a rock holding it in his mouth like a dog. He still grazes off of the rock and glass as well.
Long story but maybe you'll find something useful. Good luck!
Jim
Mine only ate algae at first too, but then started trying different things. One thing he loved right away was spirulina tablets. He would even come up and sit on my hand to munch away! Awesome fish, my favorite as well. I posted a pic of mine on the fish index.
Wow i've never heard of anybody having trouble with them eating before.
the one that I currently have started eating algae off the rocks within a couple of days. He doesn't eat any prepaired foods but still stays very plump.
Mine likes to hang out in my green star polyps, it looks so cool.
the one that I currently have started eating algae off the rocks within a couple of days. He doesn't eat any prepaired foods but still stays very plump.
Mine likes to hang out in my green star polyps, it looks so cool.
tonytooth":qfza3b1w said:
funny you should ask, mine used to be a very well mannered fish.
lately though, he has been chasing my diamond goby all over the tank.
he sits over his hole waiting for him to come out. as soon as the diamond goby(we call him bob the builder) pops his head out, the blenny(jaba the hut), chases him right back in. this just started happening about a week ago, and i dont know what to do about it. both fish have been in the tank
for about 6 months. i want to keep them both, they are like a part of the family now.
Excellent pair of fish. Well I must say when I saw jeddy's lawn mower blenny sitting cool as can be, I had to run out and get one. I just picked him up a couple of hours ago. He's a nice sized one. I have some algae in my tank....is it almost a guarantee that he will eat it or is it luck of the draw?
Here's a pic of him.
Here's a pic of him.
almost a gauruntee he'll eat all of it.
mine is good sized too, about 5".
he is a very cool fish and great algae eater.
i dont know why mine flipped out, ive never heard
of them showing aggression before, and he always was laid back.
i used to have a tang in my tank that seemed to be the dominant fish,
but gave him to a friend and the blenny probably filling his shoes,
hopefully he gets over it soon.
mine is good sized too, about 5".
he is a very cool fish and great algae eater.
i dont know why mine flipped out, ive never heard
of them showing aggression before, and he always was laid back.
i used to have a tang in my tank that seemed to be the dominant fish,
but gave him to a friend and the blenny probably filling his shoes,
hopefully he gets over it soon.
5" WOW. That is a nice size. I've been watching him all day. He's staying out front and nobody is fighting so far. He's a pretty cool fish. I will deffinately get another one if I don't have luck the first time. If he starts eating my algae, he should be good for a while. I have a 180g and there is plenty in here for him to eat. I just hope by the time he cleans the tank that I will have him eating something else. Do you know if you have 2 of these in one tank...will they fight? I see at the store they are all in different tanks.
my earlier post about them showing no aggression was incorrect,
i think they may be aggressive to fish of a similiar shape, other blennies, etc.
but i have a bicolor blenny in there with him and he leaves him alone.
he just doesnt like my diamond goby.
i would probably stay away from two, but in a 180g they may be able
to live peacefully together, that is a big tank.
i think they may be aggressive to fish of a similiar shape, other blennies, etc.
but i have a bicolor blenny in there with him and he leaves him alone.
he just doesnt like my diamond goby.
i would probably stay away from two, but in a 180g they may be able
to live peacefully together, that is a big tank.
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