HELP! My Bi-Color Blenny is not eating

ArbiMassihians · 09-01-2003, 07:08 AM

I have noticed that my Bi-color blenny is not so active the past few days. I have had my blenny for about a month. I feel soooo bad for the poor little thing. My blenny has lost at least half it's thickness the past few days. It is starving itself. I need help!

Any suggestions? Also, what do you guys feed your blenny?

Thanks,

Arbi

MontanaRocknReefer · 09-01-2003, 09:53 AM

For bottom dwellers I use a product made by Wardley called Spirulina Discs. You drop a couple disc in and they sink to the bottom and then get soft and the bottom dwellers go nuts over it!

It is 100% vegetable conditioning food and it worked for me and the fish were happy!

Geoff · 09-01-2003, 10:09 AM

how old is the tank? blennies usually do real well sucking algae off of the glass. mine also will tank flake. he is not a picky eater. how are your nitrates?

G~

squid · 09-01-2003, 01:53 PM

mine loves chopped squid...no pun intended

cyberchef · 09-01-2003, 01:55 PM

Talk about giving 100% to your reef tank...

ibizman · 09-01-2003, 06:14 PM

My bicolor loves flake and especially finlely chopped shrimp, although he likes to eat algae off the LR and the glass as well.

What other fish do you have in the tank with him? I have noticed that mine is quite shy when the other fish are around and tends to eat stuff that falls farther down in the water column than where the other fish are feeding. He will usually spot a piece of food, dart out of hiding, grab it, and go back into hiding.

Jason