hey i found something my blenny eats

pastina · 03-18-2006, 06:40 PM

fish poop!!!
i thought he was going for the flakes, im like oh joy, then i saw it was fish poop that he was eating that was falling from the clowns butts lol
he didnt spit it out either and he went for it three times.
is this common? dang i wish all fish would do this, it would help with the cleaning

its a lawnmower blenny btw

pastina · 03-19-2006, 02:31 PM

gee must not be too common lol

Loverotties · 03-19-2006, 06:06 PM

they will but they won't survive on that.

pastina · 03-19-2006, 07:33 PM

i know he wont survive on it. its funny how he wont eat the snails when it falls only the fishes.
he ate flakes today im so happy. but his belly is very fat and thats just from algae so i know hes getting enough to eat.
ive been leaving the lights on for 14 hours to produce alot of algae on the glass and this has fattened him up tremendously.
tons of algae, a flake here and there, and some fish poop, this should keep him going

...i hope lol

Petunia · 03-20-2006, 12:53 AM

DANG Girl!! You gotta good eye for the POOP!

pastina · 03-20-2006, 07:55 AM

lol
he actually waits now underneath the clowns waiting for poopy to fall its so funny

ski1297 · 03-20-2006, 03:05 PM

Thats gross my fish sometime eat poop but they spit it out when they find out its not food.

pastina · 03-20-2006, 09:32 PM

yeah i thought it was weird, usually they all spit it out but not this guy he devours it.
my dog eats the poop out of the cats litter box so guess animals are just pigs lol
but this is the first time ive ever had a fish eat this before, saltwater or fresh

Cylenchar · 03-21-2006, 12:05 PM

Well, I suppose that's one way to keep the tank clean.... I wonder if my algae blenny will do that with my Puffer?

pastina · 03-21-2006, 08:14 PM

maybe its common but no one notices it
i watch my tank up close like a mad scientist all the time so i spot some unusual things sometimes

ski1297 · 03-21-2006, 08:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pastina

maybe its common but no one notices it
i watch my tank up close like a mad scientist all the time so i spot some unusual things sometimes

Im the same way!

pastina · 03-21-2006, 08:24 PM

im so glad im not the only one lol
hubby thinks im a total nut. when i hear him coming up the stairs i get up quick and pretend im doing something else so i dont have to go through the embarassment of looking like a total dork

ski1297 · 03-21-2006, 08:28 PM

When your on TRT you are never the only one!

Petunia · 03-22-2006, 11:30 PM

Well, 'Poop Person' (pastina) ... I sure wish that my blenny would of eaten some poop. I found him lying on the bed of my tank when I got home from work tonight. Sad... he was so cool! I'm such a bad sw mom. I may just have to give this hobby up. My tank isn't looking so good and I think it is all crashing. Too bad Spot, my lawnmower blenny, didn't eat poop and everything else like yours does. RIP Spot.

pastina · 03-23-2006, 09:28 AM

omg hes dead?? oh how awefull im so sorry to hear that

do more water changes and add fresh carbon. if it does crash you can recover it with bi weekly water changes and replace any lost corals or fish once things balance out again.
ive learned to not get so attached to saltwater beings, i now look on the bright side, if it crashes or anything dies it gives me a reason to go coral/fish shopping

the place where i got my blenny is a small reef buisness running out of the mans basement with his son. the son told me the blenny will eat flakes or anything he throws in the tank. so i was lucky to find a flake eating (and poop eating) blenny
it could have just been his number was up. sometimes critters dont live long or have some parasite in them that we dont know about.
i noticed a few white specs on my clowns, im totally freaking out!
cheer up petunia, and remember its an excuse to go shopping!