What Do You Feed Your Lawnmower Blenny's?

[logan15]

I got a lawnmower blenny thursday and he has yet to come out I think he got really stressed during the acclimation becuz my light timers went off then on and then he started to breath really fast it seems he has started to be in more view being in front of some rocks he used to hide all day in a crevice is he ok?Also is there anything special I should feed them I feed my fish brine shrimp
Thanks,
Logan

 

[justinx]

mine would eat anything that got put into the tank. But you should know that these guys mainly eat algae. Try getting them to eat some Nori Sheets, along with a varied diet of other foods. These are pretty active fish, and from my experience, he was hard to keep well fed.

 

[saltynewbie]

mine constantly pecks on the rock/overflow/glass... he also grabs flakes when i feed... i love my LMB!

 

[logan15]

I have seaweed select algae sheets will that work?

 

[clarkiiboi]

MY 1st one ate anything and everything I put into the tank, he died and still have no idea why. I got a new one this Wednesday and its not interested in food yet, but is chomping on algea on the back glass, and the hair algea on the rocks. Their diet is mostly algea, but again I had one that ate everything.
You need to get more food to your fish other than brine, it's actually not very nutritional at all. What do you have, just the clown and cardinal so far? Speaking of that, the tomato may get too aggressive for your cardinal in time. HTH.

 

[logan15]

i also have a mix of pygmy angel diet formula one and formula 2 but they dont seem to like anything but brine

 

[spsfreak100]

Logan,
You really should have done this information before hand, not at the last minute.
Anyway, I used to have a Lawnmower blenny. The main diet for this species of blenny is usually algae, thus, the fish is herbivorious. There should be plenty of algae growing in the aquarium to provide a proper nutrition for the fish.
About about 3 months of being introduced to my tank, he finally started to eat brine, squid, shrimp, blood worms, krill and many other prepared foods through the water column.
In my experience, these fish have great personalities. They can add lots of fun to the tank.
Take Care,
Graham

 

[david s]

I have one named froggy he is my one of my favorite fish he stares out of the tank like what are you lookin at lol.
as far as him eating he pecks at the rocks and glass constantly eating algie. I have never seen mine eat anything but algie. then again I have alot of rock and he is fat. so he probubly never had to look any further for food.

 

[krishj39]

Mine is the same as compliance's. He is FAT FAT FAT, but he has never eaten any food I have added to the tank. He does get excited when I add the food, he comes out like he wants to eat it, but all he does is pick at the rocks, maybe he doesn't want to be the odd-ball so he eats the same time as everyone else .

 

[logan15]

thanks all

 

[logan15]

ok I'm going to try some formula 2 algae and a seaweed select algae sheet inbetween 2 rocks its the brown marine algae

 

[justinx]

Instead of spending the money on prepared foods specially geared towards your blenny, spend the money on getting some more rock. It would greatly improve the chances of survival for this fish.

 

[madd catt]

You can use small pelleted algea or aquatrol spirulina algea flakes or algea on the glass they wont touch some algea it seems.

 

[discusking]

u feed it lawn clipping od course....j/k umm they eat just about anything, i got one that liked to eat star polyps, but most like alage and any kind of flake or frozen food.

 

[ophiura]

Originally posted by JustinX
Instead of spending the money on prepared foods specially geared towards your blenny, spend the money on getting some more rock. It would greatly improve the chances of survival for this fish.
Though people have given lots of suggestions, this is probably the only sure bet for all lawnmower blennies (other factors being equal, which they never are). Many, many, many will starve to death without showing great interest in any prepared foods. The best bet is to start getting more live rock in the tank. It is one of the best possible investments in an early tank, and often times people skip it in order to get cooler stuff. But long term health of so many inhabitants rests on LR. The LMB, in many cases, is one of them.
I have never met a picky tomato clown, LOL, but I guess they are out there. If you are going to feed brine, at least enrich it by treating it with selcon or something first.