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12-01-2000, 02:09 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Aug 2000
Posts: 25
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Lawnmower Blenny Compatibility
A quick question for anyone who knows...
How do multiple lawnmower blennies fare together in a tank. Are they best kept single, pair, shoal?
I have a 125 gal reef tank so there's plenty of room to crawl about and the tank is now stocked with a whopping 1 fish (long story)...
My understanding is that these guys are fairly easy to keep (though I've never kept one myself). Please rebut this half-informed understanding if you've had other experiences. Thanks.
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12-01-2000, 04:15 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Surrey, B.C., Canada
Posts: 425
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Elvis,
Make sure that it is accepting prepared food before you buy it. I did this and am the happy owner of a fat happy blenny. Many people have reported watching their's waste away. Mine will except various frozen foods, flake as well as Seaweed Selects which I keep on a clip in the tank at all times. Just so we are on the same page, I'm talking about Salarius fasciatus.
HTH
Troy
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12-01-2000, 08:13 PM
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Good boy
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Marietta, GA, USA
Posts: 7,889
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I've had three lawnmower blennies and they are great fish. Mine all ate well but I have heard that some are picky eaters. I have seen several in a tank at the LFS and they weren't doing well. Usually one (the biggest) is a bully. But this was a 30 gallon without much place to hide.
BTW, they are jumpers.
Rick
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12-01-2000, 10:55 PM
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Guest
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Agree on jumpers, I have tried 2 that didnt last long, but if eating well and not stressed should be good
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12-08-2000, 02:22 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Ft. Leonard Wood, MO
Posts: 14
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Do not keep more than one to at tank unless you have 180-gal or larger. They are aggresive to similiar species and fish that look alike. They do not necessarily need to accept prepared foods. Just ensure that it actively pecks at the glass and rock and does not have a sunken in stomach. Mine stayed at the LFS for 3 weeks prior to me getting mine. Constantly eating film algae off the rocks and glass leaving the marilyn monroe lip marks everywhere.
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12-08-2000, 03:46 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Surrey, B.C., Canada
Posts: 425
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Quote:
Originally posted by Tadashi:
They do not necessarily need to accept prepared foods.
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I don't understand that logic. Going over the various successes of people keeping them I come to the conclusion that this is very important.
One other thing to add; a few months ago the aquarist formerly known as LarryM reported that captive bred specimens are available.
Troy
[This message has been edited by Green Lantern (edited 12-08-2000).]
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12-08-2000, 04:08 PM
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Good boy
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Marietta, GA, USA
Posts: 7,889
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One of our LFS keeps one in their refugium and never feeds it any prepared foods. They will graze on algae.
Rick
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12-08-2000, 05:10 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Surrey, B.C., Canada
Posts: 425
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Rick, I'm not disagreeing with you or Tadashi that they can't be kept, I'm saying the safe bet is to have it accepting prepared foods. Is it worth taking a chance considering the majority of experiences out there?
Troy
[This message has been edited by Green Lantern (edited 12-08-2000).]
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