Lawnmower Blenny

gabegmonkey · 06/23/2006, 05:45 PM

My New Fish is the $hi+!!!

I've been having some Diatom and Hair Algae Problems in my 20 Gal tank so I bought a Lawnmower and He/She totally ate like 70 Percent of it last night/today while I was at work.

I find this fish super entertaining to watch as well.

Hens4Fish · 06/23/2006, 05:51 PM

I agree, but they don't eat all algae.

gabegmonkey · 06/23/2006, 05:55 PM

So I keep hearing but I guess I just got lucky or something...

irisheyes · 06/23/2006, 07:44 PM

I think they are great fish. I have had mine for 2 years and he is my favorite. Great personality!

a4twenty · 06/23/2006, 08:26 PM

yeah, my LMB is one of my favorites too. i think he spends as much or more time watching me as i do him. my guy likes to sit on snails half way up the side of the tank and graze.

Buster4900 · 06/23/2006, 08:37 PM

I like mine he just never eats algae of any significance.

Marti · 06/23/2006, 08:49 PM

I have one too and he's VERY entertaining! Do any of you ever suppliment their diet? If so what?

a4twenty · 06/24/2006, 05:48 AM

try some spirulina, or crush up some nori into small flakes. i've heard ( not tried ) that they'll go after algae wafers too.

JENnKerry · 06/24/2006, 09:32 AM

My LMB eats just about anything, anything except what he was initially hired to take care of

Most people have trouble getting theirs to eat prepared foods. I guess I just got lucky.

Kabong · 06/25/2006, 12:12 AM

Nori rubber banded to a rock has got 2 of my LMB's through QT.

Ti · 06/25/2006, 12:25 AM

mine won't touch algae wafers or nori, but it does eat algae off my tank.

Rob Martin · 06/25/2006, 02:27 AM

Mine eats Nori off a clip ( he gets right in there with a Regal Tang & a Masked Spinefoot Rabbitfish) plus Formula 1 & 2 flake.

gabegmonkey · 06/25/2006, 02:18 PM

Mine seems to be eating the nori off of the clip too. My 'Pods are eating the parts that he doesn't get to... So I've taken to just laying the clip in the sand...

evil_monkey · 06/25/2006, 03:25 PM

mine eats myis right from the feeding tube, I have to distract him to feed my acans

okdave · 06/25/2006, 03:30 PM

I can't find mine. He's been hiding for two weeks. I think he and my orchid dottyback have found thier own private cove somewhere.

ReefHotSpot · 06/25/2006, 03:32 PM

LMBs are the greatest. I've got one in a clam tank and he actually lets me rub his head from time to time. A real personable fish.

RL321 · 06/25/2006, 04:32 PM

Anyone have a pic so I can see what they look like?

Ti · 06/25/2006, 05:16 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by RL321
Anyone have a pic so I can see what they look like?

bmallia82 · 06/26/2006, 09:27 AM

Do they change colors to their surroundings?

When mine are under rocks he looks darker. When he is in the sand he looks lighter

Debbie64 · 06/26/2006, 09:55 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by JENnKerry
My LMB eats just about anything, anything except what he was initially hired to take care of

Mine too. He is so entertaining though. I have an algae clip that hangs down through the feeding hole and he'll perch on that like a supermodel and wait for me to put in more nori.

As soon as I put nori out, my yellow tang and the blenny attack it like they've never eaten before.

What a couple of characters.

Tate · 06/26/2006, 10:24 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by a4twenty
try some spirulina, or crush up some nori into small flakes. i've heard ( not tried ) that they'll go after algae wafers too.

I only had mine for two months before he starved to death. He ate all the algae in the tank but would not accept any other kind of food.

slowECUdiver · 06/26/2006, 11:45 AM

mine changes colors all day long...if he's on a dark rock, his stripes darken and the red really pops on his dorsal fin. if he's on the lighter rocks, he becomes almost a sandy color and the stripes are hardly noticable.

for feeding, mine went over 4 months without accepting ANY prepared foods, i tried just about all of them! all he would do is graze on algae and devour the pods in the tank. he was never skinny (actually always looked kinda fat), never lazy, and always THE character of the tank.

i added a pair of Lyretail Anthias fish and began feeding with a turkey baster. now the LMB is one of the first fish to attack the mysis, flake, pellet, shrimp, and krill that i feed daily! i guess he needed to be "taught" that prepared foods are good too.

IMHO, the LMB is one of the coolest fish, given their personality, the way he hops from rock to rock, and now he does a little dance in the front of the tank to tell me it's feeding time!

06/23/2006, 05:45 PM	#1
gabegmonkey Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Stockton, CA Posts: 413	Lawnmower Blenny My New Fish is the $hi+!!! I've been having some Diatom and Hair Algae Problems in my 20 Gal tank so I bought a Lawnmower and He/She totally ate like 70 Percent of it last night/today while I was at work. I find this fish super entertaining to watch as well.

06/24/2006, 09:32 AM	#9
JENnKerry Premium Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Jersey Posts: 7,384	My LMB eats just about anything, anything except what he was initially hired to take care of Most people have trouble getting theirs to eat prepared foods. I guess I just got lucky. __________________ We Don't Have a Signature..... Current Tank Info: 125 Gallon Reef

06/25/2006, 12:25 AM	#11
Ti Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Bay Area Posts: 7,927	mine won't touch algae wafers or nori, but it does eat algae off my tank. __________________ Hair algae is my Macro algae.

06/25/2006, 02:27 AM	#12
Rob Martin Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: South East England Posts: 120	Mine eats Nori off a clip ( he gets right in there with a Regal Tang & a Masked Spinefoot Rabbitfish) plus Formula 1 & 2 flake. __________________ I'm a Prawn again Crustacean. Current Tank Info: 30kg live rock,coral gravel substrate.

06/25/2006, 03:25 PM	#14
evil_monkey Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: tulsa,OK Posts: 223	mine eats myis right from the feeding tube, I have to distract him to feed my acans __________________ OMAS member 46gl sps 175watt 14,000k MH 2-39watt T5ho 10gl 2x 40watt 3gl refugium Current Tank Info: nano reef, 75 gallon african cichlid, 46gallon sps

06/23/2006, 05:51 PM	#2
Hens4Fish Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Oshkosh, Wi Posts: 1,297	I agree, but they don't eat all algae.

06/23/2006, 05:55 PM	#3
gabegmonkey Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Stockton, CA Posts: 413	So I keep hearing but I guess I just got lucky or something...

06/23/2006, 07:44 PM	#4
irisheyes Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Oregon Posts: 105	I think they are great fish. I have had mine for 2 years and he is my favorite. Great personality!

06/23/2006, 08:26 PM	#5
a4twenty Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 2,603	yeah, my LMB is one of my favorites too. i think he spends as much or more time watching me as i do him. my guy likes to sit on snails half way up the side of the tank and graze.

06/23/2006, 08:37 PM	#6
Buster4900 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Columbus, IN Posts: 898	I like mine he just never eats algae of any significance.

06/23/2006, 08:49 PM	#7
Marti Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Arkansas Posts: 70	I have one too and he's VERY entertaining! Do any of you ever suppliment their diet? If so what?

06/24/2006, 05:48 AM	#8
a4twenty Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 2,603	try some spirulina, or crush up some nori into small flakes. i've heard ( not tried ) that they'll go after algae wafers too.

06/25/2006, 12:12 AM	#10
Kabong Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Brentwood Bay B.C. Posts: 454	Nori rubber banded to a rock has got 2 of my LMB's through QT.

06/25/2006, 02:18 PM	#13
gabegmonkey Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Stockton, CA Posts: 413	Mine seems to be eating the nori off of the clip too. My 'Pods are eating the parts that he doesn't get to... So I've taken to just laying the clip in the sand...

06/25/2006, 03:30 PM	#15
okdave Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Wayne, Pa Posts: 255	I can't find mine. He's been hiding for two weeks. I think he and my orchid dottyback have found thier own private cove somewhere.

06/25/2006, 03:32 PM	#16
ReefHotSpot Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 260	LMBs are the greatest. I've got one in a clam tank and he actually lets me rub his head from time to time. A real personable fish.

06/25/2006, 04:32 PM	#17
RL321 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: east central florida Posts: 352	Anyone have a pic so I can see what they look like?

06/26/2006, 09:27 AM	#19
bmallia82 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: NY Posts: 242	Do they change colors to their surroundings? When mine are under rocks he looks darker. When he is in the sand he looks lighter

06/26/2006, 11:45 AM	#22
slowECUdiver Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Greenville, NC Posts: 231	colors and food mine changes colors all day long...if he's on a dark rock, his stripes darken and the red really pops on his dorsal fin. if he's on the lighter rocks, he becomes almost a sandy color and the stripes are hardly noticable. for feeding, mine went over 4 months without accepting ANY prepared foods, i tried just about all of them! all he would do is graze on algae and devour the pods in the tank. he was never skinny (actually always looked kinda fat), never lazy, and always THE character of the tank. i added a pair of Lyretail Anthias fish and began feeding with a turkey baster. now the LMB is one of the first fish to attack the mysis, flake, pellet, shrimp, and krill that i feed daily! i guess he needed to be "taught" that prepared foods are good too. IMHO, the LMB is one of the coolest fish, given their personality, the way he hops from rock to rock, and now he does a little dance in the front of the tank to tell me it's feeding time! __________________ i didn't cook anything either, i just baked myself. famous last words: but honey, it's just one more tank... Current Tank Info: Eclipse 12 g FW planted tank; 40B with 20L sump and 400 watts of halide bliss; 10 g nano macro algae/zoanthid/SPS tank