Blenny diving into sand with tail

[bluto]

Hi, I have a question.
When my 90g finished cycling about 2wks ago I added 2 small false percs and a bicolor blenny. About 3 days ago I noticed the blenny diving into the sandbed (not headfirst, more with his tailend) almost as if he were trying to scratch himself. At about the same time I noticed he finally allowed my cleaner shrimp to approach him and start cleaning him (the shrimp had been trying since I got him about a week ago). My first thought/fear was...ich. But it's been three days and I still can't see any white spots or markings? It now seems like he might just be trying to kick up food laying on the sandbed, has anyone else had a blenny (or anything) which exhibited this kind of behaviour (and it wasn't ich)?
After I added the fish my system went thru a 2nd mini cycle (Am rose to .25 and NO2 rose to a high of .2 but those readings have since come down). Just wondering if that added stress could have invited a parasitic infection. The 2nd mini cycle wasn't too bad though...my entire cleaning crew (including a starfish) made it thru.
He's an odd little guy anyway...so maybe he's just 2 beers short of a sixpack??

Thanks.
Bluto
btw, I previously posted this question in the fish forum but got no response so I decided to try "disease and treatment"

 

[gobylover]

Sorry you didn't get a response there.I haven't had a blenny,but I have a coral beuty that acts strange like that at times.I wouldn't worry about it enless you find other sins of disease such as heavy breathing spots or something like that!!

 

[bluto]

Thanks Trey,
I guess I'm just a little nervous because I now realize (being a newbie) that I probably should have QT'd and/or dipped before adding my first three fish (does that make me a hypochondriac...for my fish??). It's a mistake I won't make again, but I want to make sure everything's copacetic (there's a 70's word for ya) before I add anything else.
After watching him (closely) for 3 days, it's now become a common pattern. He swims out of his hole (in a piece of LR), smacks the sandbed with his tail 2-3 times, and then picks up something off the substrate (I guess looking for food).
The fact that he has a tendency to dart everywhere, look nervous, and then breath heavily didn't help matters. But I guess I now realize he's just a twitchy, high-strung little bast**d.
Bluto

 

[pufferlover]

With my blennies I always make sure they have a barnacle in their tank. They love to pull up to it and back in tail first and watch the world go buy. If you don't have one I would get one real or otherwise and I think your Blennie will be much happier. Anything with a few holes will do.

 

[bluto]

It's funny you should say that...
I had a very small powerhead in one of the bottom corners of my tank (blowing across the substrate) which I had turned off because it was kicking up too much sand. One day I looked in and discovered my blenny's head sticking out of the powerhead nozzle...he had attempted to make a home for himself inside the powerhead. lol.
Like I said...2 beers short of a sixpack.
Bluto