Lawnmower Blenny Supplimentary Diet

FBNitro · 03/22/2008, 08:58 PM

What sort of things do you guys supplement your Lawnmower Blenny's diet with? He's got enough hair algae for the time being, he's definitely not starving, but I want to put some other things in there that he'd likely eat.

I've tried Nori, he's taken a nibble or two, but hasn't really dug into it. Is there some sort of pellet or frozen item that they tend to like?

BLKTANG · 03/22/2008, 09:20 PM

My lawnmower eats whatever i put in the tank.He even eats from the vegi clip.

Agu · 03/22/2008, 09:20 PM

Try pieces of spirulina discs. You'll have to target feed to get it interested at first.

Did you rubberband the nori to a piece of live rock rubble for training purposes ?

suzimcmullen · 03/22/2008, 09:21 PM

I've been trying various foods and I've seen him pick at some. But he only really eats the pellet food that is for algae eating fish. I get ones that say they have vitamins added.

Suzi

FBNitro · 03/22/2008, 10:21 PM

No, I didn't try putting the Nori on a rock, I never heard of that... I'll give that a shot now. I'll have to find some of those spirulina disks to try. I haven't seen them, but I haven't been looking either.

mixed_reefer · 03/23/2008, 12:24 AM

I like to add selcon and boyds vitachem to my fishes foods, i have seen great improvement in color and general health in everyone. I feed new life spectrum marine pellets soaked in a bit of each. New life spectrum alone is an awesome food, i have been using it for years.

FBNitro · 03/23/2008, 12:29 AM

Funny you say that, I've got some Vitachem on order from Dr Foster's already. =)

shakanoi · 03/23/2008, 12:35 AM

Mine will eat anything... flakes, pellets, frozen... at first it wouldnt eat meaty iteams but slowly it started eating them when it saw the other fish eating it.

mixed_reefer · 03/23/2008, 12:36 AM

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Originally posted by FBNitro
Funny you say that, I've got some Vitachem on order from Dr Foster's already. =)

You can soak the nori in it as well, just go easy with it and keep an eye on your skimmer if you have one.

demonsp · 03/23/2008, 12:36 AM

For all coral and fish a well mixed diet is best. Do you see him eat the hair algea? And did you use the green nori or the red?

mixed_reefer · 03/23/2008, 12:40 AM

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Originally posted by demonsp
For all coral and fish a well mixed diet is best. Do you see him eat the hair algea? And did you use the green nori or the red?

I agree 100% with you. I feed several frozen foods as well, enriched. I did not mean i fed NLS exclusively although i can see how the op may have thought that. Very good point demon, mix it up for them.

demonsp · 03/23/2008, 12:42 AM

Thanks, people been hard on me lately. But i tried the red nori and nobody liked it but they tear up the green.Could be the opposite for him.

mixed_reefer · 03/23/2008, 12:46 AM

I know you mean well bud, it shows. I have not used the red because i only recently got a tiny yellow tang and hes not so sure about the green yet. I read that the red seaweed falls apart alot faster than green and is for fish already trained to eat alge from a clip type setting. Time will tell i guess, its my first tang.

FBNitro · 03/23/2008, 01:05 AM

I've only tried the green at this point. And I fully agree, mixed diet is the way to go. I just want him eating something other than Hair Algae... and yes, I've seen him eat it like crazy! He must eat 1/4 cup of hair algae a day.

demonsp · 03/23/2008, 01:07 AM

Throw in some star poylps for desert.

FBNitro · 03/23/2008, 01:35 AM

Well, he did eat a green sponge-like thing... or at least taken a few bites out of it. More of an encrusting coral than a sponge I suppose.

03/22/2008, 08:58 PM	#1
FBNitro Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada Posts: 641	Lawnmower Blenny Supplimentary Diet What sort of things do you guys supplement your Lawnmower Blenny's diet with? He's got enough hair algae for the time being, he's definitely not starving, but I want to put some other things in there that he'd likely eat. I've tried Nori, he's taken a nibble or two, but hasn't really dug into it. Is there some sort of pellet or frozen item that they tend to like?

03/22/2008, 09:20 PM	#2
BLKTANG Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Never,Never Land Posts: 7,061	My lawnmower eats whatever i put in the tank.He even eats from the vegi clip. __________________ We the few have done so much,for so long,for so little.That we are now qualified to do anything with nothing. ____________________________________________________________________________ Current Tank Info: RR 90 Maganvore sump,250w Hamilton fixture,VorTec's ASM skimmer.

03/22/2008, 09:20 PM	#3
Agu Registered Member Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: Sarasota, Florida Posts: 30,279	Try pieces of spirulina discs. You'll have to target feed to get it interested at first. Did you rubberband the nori to a piece of live rock rubble for training purposes ? __________________ Less technology , more biology . Current Tank Info: 30 gallon half cube and 5.5, both reef tanks

03/22/2008, 09:21 PM	#4
suzimcmullen Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Midwest Posts: 890	I've been trying various foods and I've seen him pick at some. But he only really eats the pellet food that is for algae eating fish. I get ones that say they have vitamins added. Suzi

03/22/2008, 10:21 PM	#5
FBNitro Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada Posts: 641	No, I didn't try putting the Nori on a rock, I never heard of that... I'll give that a shot now. I'll have to find some of those spirulina disks to try. I haven't seen them, but I haven't been looking either.

03/23/2008, 12:24 AM	#6
mixed_reefer Moved On Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 516	I like to add selcon and boyds vitachem to my fishes foods, i have seen great improvement in color and general health in everyone. I feed new life spectrum marine pellets soaked in a bit of each. New life spectrum alone is an awesome food, i have been using it for years.

03/23/2008, 12:29 AM	#7
FBNitro Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada Posts: 641	Funny you say that, I've got some Vitachem on order from Dr Foster's already. =)

03/23/2008, 12:35 AM	#8
shakanoi Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 52	Mine will eat anything... flakes, pellets, frozen... at first it wouldnt eat meaty iteams but slowly it started eating them when it saw the other fish eating it.

03/23/2008, 12:36 AM	#10
demonsp Moved On Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: el paso tx Posts: 7,634	For all coral and fish a well mixed diet is best. Do you see him eat the hair algea? And did you use the green nori or the red?

03/23/2008, 12:42 AM	#12
demonsp Moved On Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: el paso tx Posts: 7,634	Thanks, people been hard on me lately. But i tried the red nori and nobody liked it but they tear up the green.Could be the opposite for him.

03/23/2008, 12:46 AM	#13
mixed_reefer Moved On Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 516	I know you mean well bud, it shows. I have not used the red because i only recently got a tiny yellow tang and hes not so sure about the green yet. I read that the red seaweed falls apart alot faster than green and is for fish already trained to eat alge from a clip type setting. Time will tell i guess, its my first tang.

03/23/2008, 01:05 AM	#14
FBNitro Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada Posts: 641	I've only tried the green at this point. And I fully agree, mixed diet is the way to go. I just want him eating something other than Hair Algae... and yes, I've seen him eat it like crazy! He must eat 1/4 cup of hair algae a day.

03/23/2008, 01:07 AM	#15
demonsp Moved On Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: el paso tx Posts: 7,634	Throw in some star poylps for desert.

03/23/2008, 01:35 AM	#16
FBNitro Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada Posts: 641	Well, he did eat a green sponge-like thing... or at least taken a few bites out of it. More of an encrusting coral than a sponge I suppose.