what are you feeding your lawnmower blenny?

iNfaMous_reeF · 05/26/2006, 10:09 AM

Would like to know what you guys are using. I tried some nori but he didnt seem interested.

Sk8r · 05/26/2006, 10:16 AM

Try spirulina flake.

jaymz101 · 05/26/2006, 10:18 AM

I feed bits of sea veggies and a dry veggie flake along with the carnivore flake for the meat eaters. While he will take all of the above, mostly he eats off the glass and rocks though.

j_beau_13 · 05/26/2006, 02:06 PM

formula 2 flakes...my blenny loved them before jumping to his death

RIP Lenny

Tbare89 · 05/26/2006, 03:09 PM

Hair Algae, mine loves it

Kabong · 05/26/2006, 04:27 PM

Nori and formula 2 flakes.

ShellBell · 05/26/2006, 09:33 PM

Mine eats anything (brine, flakes, etc..) including Nori, I guess I am lucky!! I have heard of some people that cannot get their lawnmower blennie to eat anything.

J_Beau - sorry about your loss!!!

KEITHMC · 05/26/2006, 09:36 PM

pftt I just wish i dident have anything for mie to eat =)

austin552 · 05/26/2006, 11:35 PM

Mine was eating everything in site. Now he is fat and on a diet. He gets lots of exercise and eats herb tablets and off the rocks.
What a character!!

crpeck · 05/27/2006, 12:40 AM

After all the algae was gone in my tank, my Blenny got very thin because he wouldn't eat anything else and I was afraid I was going to lose him. After trying many things, what finally got him to eat prepared food was the Algae wafers made my Hikari for plecostomus and algae eaters. Once he accepted those, then he started eating everything and the fat Blenny tummy was back.

It is hilarious to watch him take on the Tang and Coral Beauty to try and steal the algae wafer. He grabs the whole thing in his big mouth and tries to swim away with it.

Good Luck! Some of them are very reluctant to eat prepared food and you just have to keep trying till something clicks.

Cathy

JENnKerry · 05/27/2006, 05:30 AM

Mine eats everything and I do mean everything I put in the tank. The only thing he doesn't eat is the one thing he was hired to take care of

Kerry

a4twenty · 05/27/2006, 05:59 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by iNfaMous_reeF
Would like to know what you guys are using. I tried some nori but he didnt seem interested.

try busting the nori up into tiny little pieces

iNfaMous_reeF · 05/27/2006, 12:45 PM

Well i went to the LFS and bought some formula 2, it did the trick.

ShellBell · 05/27/2006, 03:32 PM

I am happy to hear it!!!!

jaymz101 · 05/27/2006, 05:29 PM

kudos

j_beau_13 · 05/27/2006, 08:10 PM

watch the meaty food though...every mine ate meaty foods he got all bloated...it was always hilarious

05/26/2006, 10:09 AM	#1
iNfaMous_reeF Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: north carolina Posts: 100	what are you feeding your lawnmower blenny? Would like to know what you guys are using. I tried some nori but he didnt seem interested.

05/26/2006, 10:16 AM	#2
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	Try spirulina flake. __________________ Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.

05/26/2006, 10:18 AM	#3
jaymz101 Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: St. Pete, FL Posts: 410	I feed bits of sea veggies and a dry veggie flake along with the carnivore flake for the meat eaters. While he will take all of the above, mostly he eats off the glass and rocks though. __________________ In 96 hours, Jack Bauer has killed 93 people and saved the world 4 times. What have you done with your life? Current Tank Info: Lobo, local Oculina, Acro., hydnophora, lots of zoas, caulastrea, pagoda and scroll, foxface flasher wrass and firefish

05/26/2006, 09:33 PM	#7
ShellBell Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Springfield, Illinois Posts: 448	Mine eats anything (brine, flakes, etc..) including Nori, I guess I am lucky!! I have heard of some people that cannot get their lawnmower blennie to eat anything. J_Beau - sorry about your loss!!! __________________ *Michelle* My username was msim001s and I had a lionfish avatar - I needed a change! Current Tank Info: 90 gallon reef, 30 gallon sump, closed loop, 2 250W reefstar MH's

05/26/2006, 11:35 PM	#9
austin552 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Kinston, NC Posts: 199	Mine was eating everything in site. Now he is fat and on a diet. He gets lots of exercise and eats herb tablets and off the rocks. What a character!! __________________ FOWLRLS Is the skimmers collection cup half empty or half full? Current Tank Info: Perfecto 29gal., 50lbs Caribian LS, 26lbs Tonga Feleni LR, 24lbs BR, Coralife Super Skimmer 65, Millenium 200 Wet/Dry, Power Sweep 226, Marineland Stealth 200watt heater, Aqua-Tech 5 gal. QT

05/26/2006, 02:06 PM	#4
j_beau_13 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: N Carolina Posts: 465	formula 2 flakes...my blenny loved them before jumping to his death RIP Lenny

05/26/2006, 03:09 PM	#5
Tbare89 Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 51	Hair Algae, mine loves it

05/26/2006, 04:27 PM	#6
Kabong Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Brentwood Bay B.C. Posts: 454	Nori and formula 2 flakes.

05/26/2006, 09:36 PM	#8
KEITHMC Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Arkansas Posts: 151	pftt I just wish i dident have anything for mie to eat =)

05/27/2006, 12:40 AM	#10
crpeck Premium Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Clovis, CA Posts: 1,729	After all the algae was gone in my tank, my Blenny got very thin because he wouldn't eat anything else and I was afraid I was going to lose him. After trying many things, what finally got him to eat prepared food was the Algae wafers made my Hikari for plecostomus and algae eaters. Once he accepted those, then he started eating everything and the fat Blenny tummy was back. It is hilarious to watch him take on the Tang and Coral Beauty to try and steal the algae wafer. He grabs the whole thing in his big mouth and tries to swim away with it. Good Luck! Some of them are very reluctant to eat prepared food and you just have to keep trying till something clicks. Cathy __________________ Cathy Current Tank Info: IM Fusion 40/AI Hydra 26

05/27/2006, 05:30 AM	#11
JENnKerry Premium Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Jersey Posts: 7,384	Mine eats everything and I do mean everything I put in the tank. The only thing he doesn't eat is the one thing he was hired to take care of Kerry __________________ We Don't Have a Signature..... Current Tank Info: 125 Gallon Reef

05/27/2006, 12:45 PM	#13
iNfaMous_reeF Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: north carolina Posts: 100	Well i went to the LFS and bought some formula 2, it did the trick.

05/27/2006, 03:32 PM	#14
ShellBell Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Springfield, Illinois Posts: 448	I am happy to hear it!!!! __________________ *Michelle* My username was msim001s and I had a lionfish avatar - I needed a change! Current Tank Info: 90 gallon reef, 30 gallon sump, closed loop, 2 250W reefstar MH's

05/27/2006, 05:29 PM	#15
jaymz101 Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: St. Pete, FL Posts: 410	kudos __________________ In 96 hours, Jack Bauer has killed 93 people and saved the world 4 times. What have you done with your life? Current Tank Info: Lobo, local Oculina, Acro., hydnophora, lots of zoas, caulastrea, pagoda and scroll, foxface flasher wrass and firefish

05/27/2006, 08:10 PM	#16
j_beau_13 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: N Carolina Posts: 465	watch the meaty food though...every mine ate meaty foods he got all bloated...it was always hilarious