Sustaining on Copepods

[lewisrhoades]

Hey everyone, I've had a canary blenny for the last 2 months and he/she has refused to take any food I've offered him/her. Their stomach is still round and I've noticed they pick pods off of the rock constantly. I know in the case of mandarins, thousands of pods can be consumed a day. I was under the impression this was because of mandarin's digestive system causing them to eat constantly. In the case of a canary blenny, would a significantly lower amount of pods sustain it? If not I'm hoping someone has advice on what to do to get it to take other foods.

 

[Deleted member 336650]

Not sure of the diet of that blenny species, but my sailfin blenny ate nothing I offered for 2 or 3 months. He was constantly grazing the glass & rock. Now he will occasionally take frozen, but only every other day or so and still will not eat nori. I'd think he will be OK, but hopefully an expert will chime in. Good luck

 

[lewisrhoades]

I'm hoping he will eventually get acclimated enough to start eating. I noticed when i fed yesterday that he joined in the feeding frenzy by picking pods off the rocks like crazy so I guess he understands to eat when food hits the water.

 

[Baldguy]

The Canary blenny is an omnivore so he's grazing for micro and macro algae as well as pods. Sounds like he's doing ok.