How to Quarantine Lawnmower Blenny

[Chris918]

Hey guys I'd really like a Lawnmower Blenny for my office tank (45 gal). I always quarantine new arrivals, however my quarantine tank is bare bottom and isn't used as often so I know it doesn't have the stable micro algae populations and food sources the blenny needs. Since it is a quarantine system, there is also no sand for the Blenny to sift through. How do I go about quarantining this species and species like it?

Thank you for any advice.

 

[JoeyH08]

My lawnmower blenny only eats algae and doesnt sift sand.

 

[Tripod1404]

Trabzon they dont shift sand. Some eat nori. If you can find one that eats nori, it can be quarantined.


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[Sk8r]

They will starve unless you maintain a high enough phosphate level in your dt to sustain film algae on rock and glass. Not hard to do with some tanks, near impossible with others. If you're looking for a sand-cleaner, you want a goby, probably a yellow watchman, not a blenny. Gobies will eat pellet.

 

[GimpyFin]

I've had good success using seaweed clips for lawnmower and starry blennies.

 

[squeakymcmurdo]

You could put a dish of your DT sand in the quarantine. The dish would keep the sand in place and be easily removed. You could either toss the sand afterward or clean it and put it back in the display.

 

[GimpyFin]

You could put a dish of your DT sand in the quarantine. The dish would keep the sand in place and be easily removed. You could either toss the sand afterward or clean it and put it back in the display.

Just to clarify for the OP (As mentioned by others above), these blennies are not sand sifters.

 

[SpottedMoocow]

For future reference, if you do need some sand in your quarantine like I did for some wrasses, I've used those clear 16oz deli containers filled with about 1/4 - 1/3 of sand with success. If you're doing TTM, make sure you chuck the sand between tank changes.