What do blennys eat?

[drillsar]

I'm not sure what kind it is its black and small got him as a hitchhikerm what do they eat?

 

[username in use]

Depends on the kind of blennie. Most will eat regular fish food, either flake or pellet. Many graze on algaes as well.

A pic would help.

 

[drillsar]

Trying he is fast lol

 

[Jscwerve]

That's a heck of an awesome thing to get as a hitchhiker!!

 

[drillsar]

Tampa Bay saltwater very impressed a lot of hitchhikers

 

[juniorrocketdad]

They LOVE fresh clams if he is being picky start them on this since ts nutritious and close to their natural diet, you can do on the half shell but I find its hard for them to eat so I finely chop it and than throw t in a little at a time

 

[username in use]

Tampa Bay saltwater very impressed a lot of hitchhikers

Check this out. Might be able to figure out the species.

http://reefguide.org/carib/index10.html

 

[Asianmike]

Might be a black sailfin blenny. I've got one. He eats mysis shrimp and flakes sometimes but his main diet is the algae on the rock work. Nightcrawler constantly eats. Probably hardest working fish in my tank.

 

[liverock]

It is a seaweed blenny...give him a little raw shrimp and see what happens....

Richard TBS
www.tbsaltwater.com

 

[PatW]

I just read that seaweed blennies Locke algae and most prepared foods for algae eaters. I have two blennies and they both eat algae and mysis and flakes and brine shrimp. They are very enthusiastic eaters. You don't normally see sea weed blennies so you got a special fish.