Any Lawnmower Blenny Experts Here??

[LilElroyJetson]

I’ve had this lawnmower blenny for a bit now. Seems to be in good shape and is active, but he went from constantly grazing the rockwork and picking at algae as it begins to grow, to marking his territory front and center in the tank, in the sandbed, and constantly splashing his tail and dunning up the sand with the help of some high flow (still picks at the algae on the rockwork, only much less than he did before - granted there’s less of it).

He doesn’t appear to be flashing, doesn’t rub up against anything, just seems to enjoy hanging in this spot, sometimes literally just sitting on the sand, other times piling it up. Wondering if he started to catch the frozen food I feed the fish and decided he didn’t need to keep constantly grazing, but that doesn’t necessarily explain him sifting the sand. Anybody else’s do this?

 

[BadFish619]

Mine likes to sit in his area a lot. Other times he's out cruising. He probably just knows he'll eat and if he's not hungry he'll graze less. I don't think you have anything to be worried about. He's eating, not flashing, just doing his thing and keeping his house in order!

 

[LilElroyJetson]

Mine likes to sit in his area a lot. Other times he's out cruising. He probably just knows he'll eat and if he's not hungry he'll graze less. I don't think you have anything to be worried about. He's eating, not flashing, just doing his thing and keeping his house in order!

Love watching him but also would love to not have to keep shoveling my sand back to the center of the tank lol. Also don’t want to come home to find a hurried torch coral soon .

 

[BadFish619]

Ya I gave up on moving my sand, I will when I'm cleaning occasionally but he'll just put it back how he wants it. My main concern was the sand storms he kicked up but after about a month all the fine stuff had been filtered out. They are cool dudes to watch for sure

 

[LilElroyJetson]

Ya I gave up on moving my sand, I will when I'm cleaning occasionally but he'll just put it back how he wants it. My main concern was the sand storms he kicked up but after about a month all the fine stuff had been filtered out. They are cool dudes to watch for sure

As long as it doesn’t bother my torch I don’t mind the dunes too much either. His utility heavily outweighs his nuisance.

 

[cracker]

My Lawn Mower won't eat algae, it prefers the frozen I feed the other fish ! Also the little twerp bites me when I have to reach in the tank !

 

[LilElroyJetson]

My Lawn Mower won't eat algae, it prefers the frozen I feed the other fish ! The little twerp also bites me when I have to reach in the tank !

Yeah mine has an attitude as well but darts into the rock when I approach too quickly. He did however clean up a substantial amount of algae in just a few days time when he first went into the tank and seems to be keeping it in check so he’s earned the right to do what he wants.