What kind of algae...

[iwishtofish]

...does a Lawnmower Blenny eat? MY little LMB is skinny even though he eats a little bit of the omniverous frozen food when I feed my Flame Angel. He also eats some mysis when I serve that.

I constantly have a very light brown algae that is almost hair-like (but never more that a few milimeters tall) growing on my rocks, and the LMB picks at it all the time.

Does anyone know if this type of algae can sustain him?

 

[KDodds]

IME, just about any algae (but not cyanobacteria or dinoflagellates). If you're worried about post-algae sustenance, use Nori (Seaweed Selects), ON's Formula Two (flake, pellet or frozen), SFBB's Emerald Entree, etc.

 

[iwishtofish]

Thanks KDodds. He's eating the algae, but I'm just not sure he is getting enough nutrients from this particular type. I will try clipping some nori to the glass soon.

I'm also hoping someone can tell me if LMBs are known to be captured with cyanide. I fear somethings wrong, since my fish isn't as active as he was a week ago. He's also shaking and twitching occasionally - I fear ich in the gills, although I haven't definitively observed the parasite on the body or fins.