Taking the risk of not quaranting lawnmower blenny

[Bnortz]

I am planning on getting a lawnmower blenny and i have a quarantine to put it in to with zero algae in it. It's also a bare bottom tank. I know blennies have a very small chance of getting ich so i might take the risk. I have plenty of hair algae in my DT and its a 10 month old tank so it's an established tank.

Should i take the risk?

 

[SDguy]

What are you willing to gamble? I introduced ich into my DT through snails. Had to copper the whole tank. Never again. I now have a 240g filled with incredible fish... I wouldn't risk a wet airstone in that tank without QT....

 

[EllieSuz]

Since when are Blennies less likely to get Ich? This fish should go through a six week quarantine just the same as any other species. Because they need lots of veggies, you should get nori and spirulina and feed it every day. Also, try some other vegetables like spinach and broccoli. I have a friend who feed chunks of broccoli to his tank and his fish go nutso for it.

 

[Bnortz]

Since when are Blennies less likely to get Ich? This fish should go through a six week quarantine just the same as any other species. Because they need lots of veggies, you should get nori and spirulina and feed it every day. Also, try some other vegetables like spinach and broccoli. I have a friend who feed chunks of broccoli to his tank and his fish go nutso for it.

I have read that blennies and gobies have a less chance of getting ich. Will it eat my NLS flakes and pellets?

 

[OodleyBoodely]

As for ick, even if the fish is resistant to it, it can still harbor a few cysts...and, it only takes ONE cyst to devestate a tank! IMO, if you already have the Q-tank, use it!

On feeding, your blenny may have to learn to eat prepared foods...another good reason to quarantine...training period! I had a LMB that at first would not eat prepared foods, so, I used algae wafers and would drop them on its favorite rocks. It would sample any rockwork and finally sampled a wafer. Took a few wafers, but, soon it was eating them with relish. I soon had it taking wafers from my hands! I would suggest putting a small piece of rock (even dry rock) in your Q-tank for the blenny to graze on, and, rubber band nori, veggies, ect, to it. The blenny is more likely to attempt grazing from a familiar type surface than a bare tank. From there you can introduce other foods such as fresh veggies...frozen or steamed broccoli is supposed to be good (though I never used it), and, eventually, try pellets, and flakes. Once they get they idea, they become little piglets.

 

[EllieSuz]

Spectacular answer, Oodley.

 

[sponger0]

Spectacular answer, Oodley.

I think what you read is that scooter blennies and mandarin gobies are less likely to get it. Which is not true. Dragonettes are less likely to be affected by it due to their slimy coat. But they can still carry it.

QT everything.

 

[Zoasman]

If it didn't make it in QT, u only lost 1 fiish. But, if it didn't make it in your display tank, you would lose more fish......think twice.