Lawnmower Blenny Compatibility?

hypermikie

hypermikie

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Was thinking of adding a LM Blenny...Good personality and Nusiance algae eater, but would he be compatible with my other fish?

(2) Firefish (Nemateleotris magnifica)
Purple Firefish (Nemateleotris decora)
Green Mandarin (Synchiropus splendidus)
Orange Stripe Prawn Goby (Amblyeleotris randalli)
Kole Yellow Eye Tang (Ctenochaetus strigosus)
Ocellaris Clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris)
 
I would think so... I keep my lawnmower with 2 other blenny's, which isn't supposed to be ideal, and it's fine. They seem to me much more interested in their own business :lol: munching algea or just perched on a rock looking around...
 
I've just got the one I'm experienced with... doesn't so much as look at corals, mine perches right up against SPS colonies. Different fish may act different though... you know?
 
seems like i read that when they get large ( and they do pretty quickly) they become pretty mean. also there might pick at clams and lps, i think that is just when they run out of algae though, i might have read that they also rely on meaty foods when they get really big, that one be wrong though. just something to research.
 
My kole gives chase to my black-combtooth blenny and tail-spot. The blennies just shoot behind a rock and out the other side.

With a new and dis-oriented blenny you may want to keep an eye on your

kole
 
I had a common lawnmower for 6 years, and it never bothered any of my SPS. I now have a golden one, and so far so good with SPS. And neither one of the bothered any fish at all.
 
Well by the looks of things the Kole won't be a problem as he went MIA...

He had been in the display for about 2 weeks, but hid all day the past couple days after a Holiday Party at the house spooked him. He had been kind of shy, but out much more the last week. Don't know what happened.
 
I've had a lawnmower for 3.5 years now with no prob. He has one of the best personalities out of all the fishes in my tank.
 
keep the lid well covered, I once lost mine to the carpet, and found another still living in the siphon box, They're jumpers.
 
What size is your tank? You know this is really bad but I have a bicolor blenny from hell. Put him and a Tailspot blenny in my 200 gallon at the same time and he chases him and beats up on him like a mad dog....going on for a month now. This mean blenny even attacks my arm when I clean the tank......I guess what I am saying is it depends on the fish as they all have different personalities like people do. Some are nice, and some are real pains in the a--.
Lesley
 
The tank he is going in is 70 gallons...36Lx24WX20H

My bicolor was a pain, luckily he liked a hole in a rock up top. I just waited for him to go to his hole then removed the rock! Out with the blenny.
 
I've had some issues with my lawnmower blenny over the past couple months. I added two green clown gobies, two yellow clown gobies and a citron goby with in a week on each other. The four clowns were added at the same time and the citron a week later. As soon as the new gobies got comfortable in their new home the blenny starts to chase only the green clown gobies when they come out of their zoanthid colonies to eat. He doesn't seem to want to bite them but obviously doesn't like them being in his home. The green clown gobies seem to have gotten used to the blennies habit during feeding time and kinda antagonize him now. They will poke their head out and tease the blenny to chase them into a hole too small for him to fit in. Its kinda funny to watch.
 
I had a larger one for a while that was relentless at chasing my other gobies so I relocated it to a friends reef, bought a smaller one and he fits right in. I agree with others that a smaller one is better to start with. Like any fish I think some are passive and some not. Cool fish though.
 
my LMB (Fuggly) is my favorite fish and a model citizen. he never bothers any other fish, never nips corals, and is very unafraid. I can hand feed him and put my hand right up to him and touch him without him getting scared. also, its really fun to watch their color changes as the go about their buisness and switch from rock to sand, and sand to the open water column.
 
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