Blenny Died All of a Sudden

3S1K · 01/30/2006, 10:31 PM

I've had a Lawnmower Blenny for I think almost a year and it has always done good.He has grow alot and was always very fat.He seemed to be doing fine and a couple of days ago.I didn't notice if he was out yesterday because I didn't have much time to look at the tank.Well the lights came on today and he was upside down on the side of the tank.Any Ideas?Maybe old age or something like that.I beleive he was full size at about 4".

All of my other fish are acting normal and eating so I don't know what could have happened.I was gonna feed him to my anemone but figured he desearved better than that since he was one of my favorite fish to watch.

Fast Fred · 01/30/2006, 11:48 PM

Also, if he was carrying a disease, you wouldn't want your anemone to get it.

leeehawkins · 01/31/2006, 09:21 AM

I had a blenny do the same thing. One day I noticed he was breathing heavy and within a few hours he died. All my other fish were and still are fine. It was about 3 months ago.

Dan Thrash · 01/31/2006, 09:40 AM

i hear news of Lawnmowers dying after they've eaten all the algae in the tank, but you say he was fat...hopefully eating good. A lot of people always want explanations for when their fish die...but sometimes it just happens. At least it didnt affect the rest of your tank.

3S1K · 01/31/2006, 09:47 AM

You have a point there,maybe it was his time.I guess without really watching the tank 24hrs a day I will never find an explantion.I bought him after reading what others thought of Blennys and I'm glad I did.They have great personalitys and are fun to watch.Well RIP you fat guy

crzy4reefs · 01/31/2006, 09:58 AM

sry you lost your fish, sometimes like others say it's hard to know exactly why or how our fish and stuff die.

good thing is that nothing else in your tank was affected.

01/30/2006, 10:31 PM	#1
3S1K Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 391	Blenny Died All of a Sudden I've had a Lawnmower Blenny for I think almost a year and it has always done good.He has grow alot and was always very fat.He seemed to be doing fine and a couple of days ago.I didn't notice if he was out yesterday because I didn't have much time to look at the tank.Well the lights came on today and he was upside down on the side of the tank.Any Ideas?Maybe old age or something like that.I beleive he was full size at about 4". All of my other fish are acting normal and eating so I don't know what could have happened.I was gonna feed him to my anemone but figured he desearved better than that since he was one of my favorite fish to watch.

01/30/2006, 11:48 PM	#2
Fast Fred Registered Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Northfield, NJ 08225 Posts: 1,170	Also, if he was carrying a disease, you wouldn't want your anemone to get it. __________________ Ya know, for a clown fish, you're not very funny! Member of the New Jersey Reefers Club Current Tank Info: 125g Reef Ready AGA /55g Top Fin Tank for a sump/refugium/ LifeReef Skimmer/ Changing over to SPS only

01/31/2006, 09:21 AM	#3
leeehawkins Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: So Cal Posts: 55	I had a blenny do the same thing. One day I noticed he was breathing heavy and within a few hours he died. All my other fish were and still are fine. It was about 3 months ago. __________________ Buying a fish tank is like buying a car, if you don’t do your research you'll end up buying the undercoating, or in my case 2 canister filters and a Prisim skimmer. Current Tank Info: 100 gallon FOWLR, SSB 40 gallon sump, mag 9.5, Coralife Super Skimmer 220.

01/31/2006, 09:40 AM	#4
Dan Thrash Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 578	i hear news of Lawnmowers dying after they've eaten all the algae in the tank, but you say he was fat...hopefully eating good. A lot of people always want explanations for when their fish die...but sometimes it just happens. At least it didnt affect the rest of your tank.

01/31/2006, 09:47 AM	#5
3S1K Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 391	You have a point there,maybe it was his time.I guess without really watching the tank 24hrs a day I will never find an explantion.I bought him after reading what others thought of Blennys and I'm glad I did.They have great personalitys and are fun to watch.Well RIP you fat guy

01/31/2006, 09:58 AM	#6
crzy4reefs Moved On Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: RI Posts: 2,260	sry you lost your fish, sometimes like others say it's hard to know exactly why or how our fish and stuff die. good thing is that nothing else in your tank was affected.