Red Scooter Blenny Q

[psiico]

I saw a really cool looking red scooter blenny today at an LFS and was wondering if anyone can tell me their experiances with them. I thought they were like mandarins but this site:
http://www.marinedepotlive.com/373934.html
says otherwise. Anyone have any luck getting them to eat prepared foods?

 

[ricky1414]

scoter blennies are very hard to keep. you will need alot of copepods to feed them. how much live rock do you have? how long have you been setup? i had a scooter that died because of starvation, couldnt provide the correct type of food for him. he would not eat prepared. GL though..

 

[npaden]

They are a dragonet - same family as a mandarin. Some have reported better luck getting scooters to eat prepared foods but many still don't have success with them.

I wouldn't buy one unless you have an established tank with lots of live rock and few competitors for the live food supply.

FWIW, Nathan

 

[psiico]

I didn't get him because I figured that was the case. I only have a 30 gallon, not good enough for one of those. Too bad, he was a very cool looking fish.

 

[Anonymous]

I cant keep scooter blennies alive...but i can my mandarin...WTF? the good news is that scooters will eat mysis or brine shrimp..ive seen both the ones i had eat but still usually end up starving...my second blenny just died today and is being devoured by my emerald crab and black brittle star.... :evil:

 

[silasila]

If you can find a large scooter you can feed him live tubefex worms and live brine shrimp, but these can fowl the tank and the frequent feedings required by a fish that feeds throught the day on copepods lend it best to a large reef setup.