Tips on Scooter Blenny

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BigBen14

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Im thinking about getting a scooter and I understand they have to have a very special food source. So here are some question I have?

Should I get a small one so it wont need to eat as much or should I get a full grown one so it might could eat some bigger non-live food?

Can I set up a 10-Gallon Copeopod tank and if so how?

Anything im forgeting
 
I would consider getting one that is eating mysis at the LFS. I had one and it was a great fish.
 
If your tank is big enough and been setup for about 6 months with no other pod eaters, you should be fine. My scooter has tripled in size in the last 8 months. I don't think he eats frozen foods.
 
How big is your tank? Do you have a refugium? Also, what competition would the fish have for pods?

Scooters are not as hard to get on frozen foods as mandarins, but imo, they still need pods to stay healthy. Setting up a separate tank to culture pods is a pain unless you can plumb it directly into your tank.
 
I have a 30 biocube with everything built in the back. I dont think that counts as refugium.

Other fish include: Black oce. clown, orange clown, pajama fish, blue/green chromis, blue sapphire damsel, serpeant sea star, banded coral shrimp, and cuc
 
Scooters are easier to feed than other dragonets and tend to take to frozen more readily. You'll have to fee frozen at least twice daily and turn off the flow for half hour so the food settles and the dragonet can pick away at it. May need some live brine to get it eating but they wean to frozen pretty well as a rule. Good luck.
 
well Im kinda wanting to start leaning towards a mandarin dragonet now(dont know which one yet) but im still gonna research how to make sure he gets fed properly.

has anyone tried culturing a food source in another tank?
 
the males will grow larger then the female in my exp. i had a male for a few years, cool to watch, ate pods and most frozen, he was pretty large when i got him, died a few lears later at about 5 inches. the female lived about the same length of time super healthy then poof after a few years. about 4 inchel and not as beefy. she also ate pods and frozen. the male has the huge ornate fin on his back the female does not. do not mix males. If you want a smaller one get a female and it should eat frozen at the fish store
 
IMO, you should plan to feed your scooter prepared foods and let them supplement with any existing pods. I am sure there are cases, but I've never heard of a scooter not eating frozen mysis and cyclopeeze. Other dragonets can be more difficult to train to frozen. Scooters are pretty easy. But you will have to feed at least twice daily with no flow.
 
mine only eat frozen when im spot feeding my lobo and favia. it eats it from their mouths....lol. but otherwise it cruises for pods.
 
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