Lawnmower blenny

[squidward]

I Have had a 3-4" lawnmower for about 1 month I have seen him eat a lot of algae off my rocks bit I wanna get if to eat other foods . Any advice ?

 

[Keithhjs]

My lawnmower will only eat algae off of rocks, walls, plumbing, etc. He always has a full belly and is hardy, but if you find out how to get it to take supplemented snacks I'd love to know how!

 

[squidward]

My lawnmower will only eat algae off of rocks, walls, plumbing, etc. He always has a full belly and is hardy, but if you find out how to get it to take supplemented snacks I'd love to know how!

Ok I will keep you posted , I have a seaweed mix that I feed my tang I'm going to try and see if he will take this .

 

[Keithhjs]

Ya I add nori of different types, sea veggies, and different types of algae based flakes & pellets, and different algae and plants from my refugium but it only will graze on rocks and such.

 

[Schism]

Well reduce algae and begin feeding other foods.

Mine eats anything, brine, mysis, blender mush, flake, pellets. Its just a matter of forcing him to switch foods.

 

[squidward]

Well reduce algae and begin feeding other foods.

Mine eats anything, brine, mysis, blender mush, flake, pellets. Its just a matter of forcing him to switch foods.

Yea I wish mine can soon be just like that . I have been brushing a lot of the algae off my rocks hopefully this helps .

 

[Mudzie]

I get these algae tablets from petco made by new life spectrum the lawnmower loves them , had to get creative how i attached them so do the hermit crabs..

 

[squidward]

I get these algae tablets from petco made by new life spectrum the lawnmower loves them , had to get creative how i attached them so do the hermit crabs..

The weird thing is that the algae strips I feed my tang , my pink spotted goby loves . I was thinking of some how attaching those strips to the lr and start off like that . Then change off to like a piece of prawn .

 

[Mudzie]

Yea the only problem ive found with rubberbanding any type of food to rocks is the hermit crabs and snails swarm it.. I have a couple of the magnetic algae clips and i made a little support that i rubberband the algae tablets to. Out of reach for all but the fish..

 

[squidward]

Yea the only problem ive found with rubberbanding any type of food to rocks is the hermit crabs and snails swarm it.. I have a couple of the magnetic algae clips and i made a little support that i rubberband the algae tablets to. Out of reach for all but the fish..

Yea I guess that is an issue , I was just looking at your pics how's that flame angel with your corals ?

 

[Mudzie]

Ive had it going on close to a year no real problems i keep the fish fed well and they just pick rock between meals..