lawnmower blenny

[weaver5]

my lawn mower blenny wont take to flake or the algea sheets i have and isnt looking os well. what do u suggest i feed it?

 

[jimmy g]

Get some nori from your local Jewl or Dominicks and put the on an algea clip. The nori should not be cooked or seasoned......Get it "raw".

 

[bang guy]

Here's an informative post about them ---> Lawnmower Blenny
Spirulina Flakes will help but the fish will take some time before realizing that the flakes are food.

 

[weaver5]

thanks for your help also thanks guy found that thread helpfull this one is in the 72 bow front that you did not see but the stuff in the tank downstairs that we got from you in doing great alreading spreading thanks

 

[weaver5]

Hey not sur if this will help with my problem but LFS saysthat fish was probaly caught using cyanide and if so not much i can do to save him hope not anyone have any ideas

 

[bang guy]

Do you ever see it scraping Diatoms off the rocks or glass? If you do then it's not cyanide.

 

[orucco]

After the algae started to dwindle I finally got mine to eat with Formula Two frozen fortified algae cubes. Now he eats everything, eg. frozen brine, pellets, and bits of cocktail prawns.

 

[orucco]

Tried Nori on a clip and he would and still will not touch it. From all the posts on LMB feeding he really conviced me that fish really do have indvidual personalities.

 

[lion_crazz]

I first got my LMB to eat with live blackworms. He used to love them. Now, he is much more a fan of nori and seaweed.

 

[loopy]

Mine won't except the sea weed on the clip. I don't think he knows it's food....:notsure: He's eating off the glass and cc on the bottom and also the rock. So far so good. Tried to order algae pads from lfs but they still haven't come in. My guy looks a little thin, but he's energetic. I drop pellets in hoping he will eventually take to them...if he gets them before the arrow crab!
Also....he's gotten kinda black along the top...is that a sign of something?

 

[lion_crazz]

My LMB will still not eat off of a clip. I just rubberband a piece of nori to a rock and he loves it.

 

[loopy]

I tried the rubber band thing...still ignored it. BUT...after I posted that it would't eat from the clip....it did. The big 'ol ugly 'nemo' clip...lol. So that's the key, post what they won't do, and then they will do it!!!

 

[woodymdt]

Ok, so I have a LMB question. We introduced one into our tank on Saturday. He's been doing quite well, skipping around looking at the rock and stuff.
This morning before I left for work, I noticed about the last 1/3 of his body has turned colors? His overall color is a greyish tan, and this has turned to an almost cream color?
Any thoughts??

 

[rubberduck]

wierd

 

[woodymdt]

Originally posted by RUBBERDUCK
wierd
yeah, tell me...well I'm about to leave for the house, so hopefully he'll be back to normal.....if not I'll snap a shot and see what anyone thinks.
:jumping:

 

[lion_crazz]

My LMB changes colors all the time depending on what he is trying to blend in with.
Sounds normal to me.

 

[harlequinnut]

My LMB won't eat any of the food that I used to feed the other fish. All he does is graze on the glass and rocks all day for algae and that seems to be enough for him since he is thriving in my tank going on two years now.

 

[jimmy g]

yeah my LMB turns really dark sometimes and then other times he is Green?!?

 

[jimmy g]

sounds normal

 

[loopy]

mine is sometimes light, sometimes dark. Can't make up his mind...or maybe it's a personal thing with him....like with us women and our hair!!!