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adeliel
09/26/2006, 04:35 PM
I'm thinking of getting a lawnmower blenny today, i have a lot of that slimey algae on my LR. Would he eat that stuff? My hermits and snails can't keep up I guess. Does other blennies eat algae too? If I do end up getting him...what other foods compliment his algae eating diet?

usmcsgt
09/26/2006, 05:01 PM
he wont touch the slime algae

a4twenty
09/26/2006, 05:05 PM
he won't touch the slime, he likes new short green hair algae. and sometime they don't even like that. i give mine hikari tropical wafers, i've seen him go after frozen algae cubes, others use a small piece of nori.

see what they're feeding them at your LFS.

adeliel
09/26/2006, 06:24 PM
oh well....I still bought him. He looked pretty active nibbling stuff off the live rock in the LFS. Bought some Nerite and Turbos as well

onecrzyboi4u
09/26/2006, 06:45 PM
mine eats, any kind of algae even slime, goes after flake food, sometimes shrimp but rare, loves seaweed .

a4twenty
09/26/2006, 07:12 PM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8227391#post8227391 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by adeliel
oh well....I still bought him. He looked pretty active nibbling stuff off the live rock in the LFS. Bought some Nerite and Turbos as well

i love my blenny, he's a real character and he loves to pose for pics

NCreefwannabe
09/26/2006, 07:27 PM
usmcsgt's blenny is seriously the fattest fish ive ever seen. he takes out huge clumps of Hair Algae.

jpitts101
09/26/2006, 08:52 PM
mine wont eat anything but algae. i have to move him from tank to tank just to keep him healthy ( almost starved him one time) he's a really picky eater! he grazes on live rock but dont really ever get too much off it. you'll know if he's eating, you'll see little lips all over your glass.

Waxxiemann
09/26/2006, 10:01 PM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8227868#post8227868 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by NCreefwannabe
usmcsgt's blenny is seriously the fattest fish ive ever seen. he takes out huge clumps of Hair Algae.

My LMB is SUPER fat as well, he looks like he's going to burst! Seriously. Great fish though. Mine eats Spectrum pellets, blood worms, hair algae, film algae, nori, flake .... basically it eats anything, like a little gobble monster.

One of my fav fish. Enjoy!

Ti
09/27/2006, 12:15 AM
mine eats teh algae off the glass and rocks