Lawn Mower Blenny

[coral_beauty_angel26]

Hi,


I have not posted on here in a while but today I picked up a Lawn mower blenny. I was wondering if anyone else keeps them? Should I feed it any special stuff like some seaweed once in a while? if anyone could touch up on this little guy I would appreciate it thanks in advance...............Shaun

[Rob]

these guys are big herbivores.. if you dont have long algae then you will need to supplement its diet with algae wafers or something similar to keep it healthy

[coral_beauty_angel26]

Hi,


Thanks alot Rob I will deffinately pick up some algae wafers or something............Shaun

[Phurst]

Mine loves the nori I feed my yellow tang and coral beauty, but also enjoys mysis and other meaty foods from time to time. He really likes the film algae on the back of the tank too.

[3vilPuffin]

so would a lawnmower be suitable in a nano i have a lot of algae growth and i thought one would be cool yet i did not really persue it.... if it can be kept in a nano prolly by itself with coral what are some good resources to read about the fish?
Personal experiences?
note by nano i mean a 20 gal long

[coral_beauty_angel26]

Hi,

thank phurst, I was kind of thinking about picking some of that up when I use to have my blue tang it loved it and all my others liked it as well, is it the seaweed selects stuff? thats what I was thinking of.............Shaun

[Phurst]

I got my nori at the grocery store, in the asian food section. It's the same stuff as the seaweed selects.

3vilPuffin, I'm not sure about a 20. Mine's pretty active, but I don't know if it really cares how big the tank is.

[coral_beauty_angel26]

Thanks for the help Phurst. I will go there and pick it up, do u add yours it to a vegi clip or are you hooking it in to live rock or something? thanks...........Shaun

[Phurst]

Yeah, I just use a clip.