Blennies

[yannifish]

Should I get a Blenny or a shrimpgoby? Or both? And should the blenny be a bicolor or a lawnmower? My fish list will be 2 ocellaris clowns, 3 chromis, 1 flame angel, 1 pajama cardinal, 1 royal gramma.

 

[nycbob]

i lawnmower will clean up ur algae in no time. the shrimpgoby will clean up ur sand bed. get both if u hv the room.

 

[yannifish]

bump

 

[perfectdark]

Scratch them all and get a Midas Blenny.. no sand sifting no mess, awesome fish great colors always out and about.. well as far as blenny's go. MO

 

[semoluv]

lawnmower blenny is awesome. i've had three and they were all fish with personality. plus they do a great clean up job!

 

[turtlegirl933]

Get a lawnmover blenny and a shrimp goby, but, shrimp gobys are much happier with a pistle shrimp as a freind.

 

[yannifish]

Ok, I do so I'll get a lawnmower blenny. Any idea how old my tank has to be?

 

[lesleybird]

I would not get a lawnmower unless you have lots of algea in the tank as it will starve. I have had both a lawnmower and a bicolor and the bicolor will eat fish food when there is not enough algea to sustain it. My lawnmower will not touch any fish food so I have to keep more algea growing on the glass with lots of bright light time (more than I want to), to keep him fed. Lesley

 

[stayloki]

Idk, I'd recommend a bicolor blenny! Mine's a blast to watch swim all over the tank and back tail 1st into little holes in the rockwork.. he takes care of the brown algae that used to form on the back of my tank (I dont have to scrape anymore with my magnet

) and he readily eats my frozen food at feeding time.. Quickly became my favorite fish in no less than 2 days

 

[ecooper]

Originally Posted by Lesleybird
I would not get a lawnmower unless you have lots of algea in the tank as it will starve. I have had both a lawnmower and a bicolor and the bicolor will eat fish food when there is not enough algea to sustain it. My lawnmower will not touch any fish food so I have to keep more algea growing on the glass with lots of bright light time (more than I want to), to keep him fed. Lesley
Ditto. Not all of them will eat processed algae sheets (mine will not). If you don't have enough algea, only get one if it's eating sheets. I do like mine as they do look so interactive. I have both a lawnmower and a red hawk for the same reason. They sit there as if to say 'hi' when you come by the tank.