Scooter Blenny pics
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wax32
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clown123 has the exception to the rule.
They generally only eat the live micro-crustaceans we call "pods" which appear naturally in our tanks over time. If your tank doesn't have enough of these, they will usually starve. A 25 gallon tank won't have enough liverock to support the HUGE population of pods this fish requires. If you are lucky and yours eats fish foods that you may offer, then it might be OK, but they usually don't...
They generally only eat the live micro-crustaceans we call "pods" which appear naturally in our tanks over time. If your tank doesn't have enough of these, they will usually starve. A 25 gallon tank won't have enough liverock to support the HUGE population of pods this fish requires. If you are lucky and yours eats fish foods that you may offer, then it might be OK, but they usually don't...
fishrule
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Originally Posted by wax32
clown123 has the exception to the rule.
They generally only eat the live micro-crustaceans we call "pods" which appear naturally in our tanks over time. If your tank doesn't have enough of these, they will usually starve. A 25 gallon tank won't have enough liverock to support the HUGE population of pods this fish requires. If you are lucky and yours eats fish foods that you may offer, then it might be OK, but they usually don't...
I think I will pass on one of these guys then... I already lost a Green Mandarin because of this in my 100g tank at home...
clown123 has the exception to the rule.
They generally only eat the live micro-crustaceans we call "pods" which appear naturally in our tanks over time. If your tank doesn't have enough of these, they will usually starve. A 25 gallon tank won't have enough liverock to support the HUGE population of pods this fish requires. If you are lucky and yours eats fish foods that you may offer, then it might be OK, but they usually don't...
I think I will pass on one of these guys then... I already lost a Green Mandarin because of this in my 100g tank at home...
jerthunter
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oh oh oh, look at mine, look at mine!!!!! I love my scooter blenny but he can be a pain to get a clear picture of.
mr_bill
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Yay for scooters!!
They remind me of a little bird like a finch or something similar in the way they hop around the tank.
Jerthunter, mine looks almost exactly like yours. I really want to get a good picture of the reds, blues, and the sail all at once. Really hard for a novice camera user like myself.
wax32 , I totally agree!! easily the most difficult fish in my tank for feeding. Even one that takes frozen foods can easily starve when around alot faster feeding fish.
They remind me of a little bird like a finch or something similar in the way they hop around the tank.
Jerthunter, mine looks almost exactly like yours. I really want to get a good picture of the reds, blues, and the sail all at once. Really hard for a novice camera user like myself.
wax32 , I totally agree!! easily the most difficult fish in my tank for feeding. Even one that takes frozen foods can easily starve when around alot faster feeding fish.
fedukeford
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does anybody scooter blenny ever like flip out?? mine does, he looks like hes choking, and his back fin goes up and down rapidly for like 2 minutes
mr_bill
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Originally Posted by fedukeford
does anybody scooter blenny ever like flip out?? mine does, he looks like hes choking, and his back fin goes up and down rapidly for like 2 minutes
If it's his large dorsal fin(sail fin) then he's showing off, if you see him elongating his mouth and kind of hicupping then he's just got ahold of something a little too big to swallow.
does anybody scooter blenny ever like flip out?? mine does, he looks like hes choking, and his back fin goes up and down rapidly for like 2 minutes
If it's his large dorsal fin(sail fin) then he's showing off, if you see him elongating his mouth and kind of hicupping then he's just got ahold of something a little too big to swallow.
fedukeford
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Originally Posted by Mr_Bill
If it's his large dorsal fin(sail fin) then he's showing off, if you see him elongating his mouth and kind of hicupping then he's just got ahold of something a little too big to swallow.
he does it all the time, its sometimes right after he just ate a big piece of mysis shrimp, but its sometimes at random times
If it's his large dorsal fin(sail fin) then he's showing off, if you see him elongating his mouth and kind of hicupping then he's just got ahold of something a little too big to swallow.
he does it all the time, its sometimes right after he just ate a big piece of mysis shrimp, but its sometimes at random times
mr_bill
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Originally Posted by fedukeford
he does it all the time, its sometimes right after he just ate a big piece of mysis shrimp, but its sometimes at random times
Ya he's swallowing something, or attempting to anyway. Do you guys spot feed or just throw food in the tank for them to get on their own? I use an eyedropper with mysis for the spot feeding.
he does it all the time, its sometimes right after he just ate a big piece of mysis shrimp, but its sometimes at random times
Ya he's swallowing something, or attempting to anyway. Do you guys spot feed or just throw food in the tank for them to get on their own? I use an eyedropper with mysis for the spot feeding.
jerthunter
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I've never gotten the chance to get a picture of my scooter with his sail up, I like your picture, wish I could get one like that....
I had my scooter for several months and never fed him. Once I started feeding my fish frozen mysis shrimp he started eatting that. He is rather fast when it comes to competing for the mysis shrimp..
I had my scooter for several months and never fed him. Once I started feeding my fish frozen mysis shrimp he started eatting that. He is rather fast when it comes to competing for the mysis shrimp..
fishrule
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Originally Posted by Jerthunter
oh oh oh, look at mine, look at mine!!!!! I love my scooter blenny but he can be a pain to get a clear picture of.
Your scooter is in the military huh? :thinking: Let me guess, Marines? (Get it, cause he is a marine animal and looks like marine camo.... oh nevermind...) :happyfish
