Are Blenny's hard to raise?

[rykwong]

I wanted to pick up either a scooter or lawnmower blenny from the LFS for my 60gal reef with mainly LPS and softies. I have a yellow eye tang, a pair of percs, and a royal gramma right now. Are they hard to raise? What do they eat? Thanks!

 

[All Delight]

I'm not so sure on the scooter, but the lawnmower needs lots, and lots of algae. That what they eat, all day long.

I would put the blenny in a tank that is established, at least 6 months. He'll get along fine with your existing fish.

They are also fun to watch!

 

[Lev F.]

Keep away from the scooter for now. They're not really blennies, they're dragonets, and dragonets eat only live copepods, unless on a rare occasion you get them to eat prepared foods.. You need a tank at least 2 years old and a working refugium to sucessfully house a dragonet.

 

[rykwong]

So the lawnmower should not be too hard to raise?

 

[Chihuahua6]

The Lawnmower Blenny will only do well if it will eat foods other than algae in the tank. Some never do and end up starving. I had a breakout of hair algae and got one. He took care of the algae within a week. Then he slowly starved. He wouldn't eat anything else and I tried everything. I would only get another one if I knew it was already eating prepared foods.