lawnmower blenny Q?

[mallorieGgator]

Hey, I just got a lawnmower blenny about a week ago and he's been eating the longer algae off the back of the tank and rocks. He's got a nice plump belly and great irridescent colors. He won't eat anything I put in the tank. He just watches it float by and then starts eating the algae on the tank wall. Once the algae's gone will he start eating thawed food? I was told to feed
H2O life brine/mysis/algae(it has small pieces of nori in it). I've been soaking it in garlic, Kent zoe, and selcon. Thanks!

 

[davocean]

usually not an issue getting them to eat, in fact sometimes they even get a bit aggressive at feeding time.
Enjoy the mowing, he'll come around to prep'd food when it's gone, maybe before.

 

[mallorieGgator]

Thanks. Should I try a different food? What do you all feed? He actually gets scared of the food when I dump it into the tank. lol! Poor baby.

 

[Emerald525]

Don't worry. They are pretty hardy fish. I have yet to hear of one that will not eat live food. Enjoy. At first I thought the guy was so ugly but he has grown on me. Mine eats anything and like was mentioned is quite aggressive during feeding time. He loves the Nori I put out for the tangs too.

 

[Toddrtrex]

I do hear, from time to time, of a handful that never take to prepared foods. I have had 2 over the years, a "normal" one that I had for 7 years before it died, and I now have a "golden" one. Both were/are very active eaters, nori, LifeLine's herbivore mix, Rod's food (( red, green and blue labels )), mysid, Prime Reef and Spectrum pellets.

 

[scubasteve06]

Mine will only eat spectrum pellets and algae, but when those pellets hit the water and get in his line of sight...watch out!!! He literally pounces on them!

 

[mallorieGgator]

Thanks! Once the algae gets limited I'll try some new foods to see if he likes anything else. I know the LFS fed him nori soaked in garlic.

 

[rancoo]

My Lawnmower blenny, eats everything! He is always eating algae off of everything and eats flakes foods. I Also have assorted algae pellets and other sinking foods that its loves. Mine is more likely to eat once the food is dropping from the surface, it hardly ever feeds from food that's floating on the surface.

 

[sneeyatch]

I had a lawnmower for years that ate everything I put in the tank. It would even sit in the palm of my hand and nibble on my fingertips. Then he stopped eating and died one day...

I replaced him with another that jumped and was aggressive.

I replaced that one and it never took prepared foods at all.

 

[peasofme]

its best to keep enough film algae on your tank walls and rocks for him because a lot of them won't eat anything else.