Scooter Blennies

[slider101]

Just a quick question, what should I feed my scooter blenny. I know that they eat microfauna from the live rock but should I also feed anything else?

 

[ca161406]

i thought their diet was mainly pods?

 

[mie]

They will die if there is not enough pods for them to eat.

 

[cal559]

What exactly are pods...

 

[mie]

Copepods Are little bug like creatures that live in our tanks. Provided we give them the proper enviroment to reproduce.

 

[slider101]

Originally Posted by mie
http:///forum/post/2902651
They will die if there is not enough pods for them to eat.
I see my blenny scooting around the bottom and looks like eating. I guess I have enough copepods in there for him then. I only have one blenny in my 55 gal.

 

[slider101]

Originally Posted by mie
http:///forum/post/2902786
Copepods Are little bug like creatures that live in our tanks. Provided we give them the proper enviroment to reproduce.
ANything special to make sure the copepods have the right environment to reproduce?

 

[mie]

The best place is a sump with a type of alage so they can reproduce in safety.
It may take them a while to starve to death. But without proper and enough of a food source they eventually will die. Most of these guys eat a few hundred pods in a single day.

 

[subielover]

Do you have a refugium? If not you could always put a clump of chaeto in the corner of your tank. I would probably buy a couple bags of live pods at your lfs too, just to make sure the little guy will have a fighting chance. How long has the tank been set-up?

 

[slider101]

Originally Posted by subielover
http:///forum/post/2903125
Do you have a refugium? If not you could always put a clump of chaeto in the corner of your tank. I would probably buy a couple bags of live pods at your lfs too, just to make sure the little guy will have a fighting chance. How long has the tank been set-up?
Chaeto and some other live plants are my nuext purchase. The tank has been running for 3 months. He seems to be feeding on stuff on the bottom of the tank. I will check with my lfs for some pods in the mean time. Thanks for the info.

 

[slider101]

I don't want to sound stupid but if I see him scooting around on the bottom and rocks picking stuff up with his mouth am I to assume that he is finding pods?

 

[subielover]

I would think so. However being that your tank has only been set-up for 3 months I wouldn't think there are enough in there to sustain him long term, but if you add some bags of pods and some macro-algae for them to hide in it should really help.

 

[slider101]

Originally Posted by subielover
http:///forum/post/2903408
I would think so. However being that your tank has only been set-up for 3 months I wouldn't think there are enough in there to sustain him long term, but if you add some bags of pods and some macro-algae for them to hide in it should really help.
You got it. I will check on those things for him in the next few days. Thanks for the help.

 

[subielover]

Not a problem, I love scooter blennies especially the red ones. Good luck, sounds like you are gonna do your best to take good care of him.

 

[slider101]

Originally Posted by subielover
http:///forum/post/2903423
Not a problem, I love scooter blennies especially the red ones. Good luck, sounds like you are gonna do your best to take good care of him.

I am trying. I just added him and another clown and my larger clown is not loving the small one yet. Hopefully they will get along soon.