Lawnmower blenny in a nano tank?

[thatindonesianreefer]

Hi
I have a 12 gallon cube with 2 clownfish and a pajama cardinal.
I was tginking of adding a lawnmower blenny but will there be any aggression issues and is my tank too small?
For corals it is mainly lps.

 

[CBonito]

He's gonna run out of food quick.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Hi
I have a 12 gallon cube with 2 clownfish and a pajama cardinal.
I was tginking of adding a lawnmower blenny but will there be any aggression issues and is my tank too small?
For corals it is mainly lps.

Not sure if a good choice as its believed they are algae eaters and in essence, they need algae in their diet but need calcium, the reason they pound and gnaw on coral all day/ They also need meats such as plankton, mysis shrimp and small pieces of shrimp.

 

[thatindonesianreefer]

He's gonna run out of food quick.

What kind of food?
The ones at my lfs accept pellets

 

[CBonito]

What kind of food?
The ones at my lfs accept pellets

A fish like that relies on an abundance of food he can graze on.
They pretty much roam and eat ALL DAY.

And the thing is, my dog will readily accept cheezits...but it doesn't mean it's good for his health.

 

[thatindonesianreefer]

Not sure if a good choice as its believed they are algae eaters and in essence, they need algae in their diet but need calcium, the reason they pound and gnaw on coral all day/ They also need meats such as plankton, mysis shrimp and small pieces of shrimp.

Do you have any other recomendations for blennys?

 

[thatindonesianreefer]

A fish like that relies on an abundance of food he can graze on.
They pretty much roam and eat ALL DAY.

And the thing is, my dog will readily accept cheezits...but it doesn't mean it's good for his health.

Thanks for the reply!

 

[RWhitt907]

Hi
I have a 12 gallon cube with 2 clownfish and a pajama cardinal.
I was tginking of adding a lawnmower blenny but will there be any aggression issues and is my tank too small?
For corals it is mainly lps.

I wouldn't add anything. Your sandbed is too full for a shrimp goby and there's not a lot of algae growth in a tank that small.

 

[thatindonesianreefer]

I wouldn't add anything. Your sandbed is too full for a shrimp goby and there's not a lot of algae growth in a tank that small.

Thanks for the replys!

 

[vetteguy53081]

Do you have any other recomendations for blennys?

Tail spot or midas (assure midas not skinny and eating) Molly Miller blenny also a good fish

 

[CBonito]

Do you have any other recomendations for blennys?

I have a midas blenny, but he's not an algae eater that I know of. Cool fish though! He eats frozen plankton, pellets and brine shrimp. A bicolor blenny will eat algae, but he also might nip corals in a smaller tank as well.

Maybe someone else knows better than I....

 

[CBonito]

Tail spot or midas (assure midas not skinny and eating) Molly Miller blenny also a good fish

True, my midas looked terrible when I got him and it took a little while for him to come around.
Are these bad shippers? My whole shipment he came in was cold.

 

[vetteguy53081]

True, my midas looked terrible when I got him and it took a little while for him to come around.
Are these bad shippers? My whole shipment he came in was cold.

Its origin and shipment stress often responsible as well as capture methods

 

[thatindonesianreefer]

Thank you so much for the replys guys!

 

[MZabel67]

Tail spot or midas (assure midas not skinny and eating) Molly Miller blenny also a good fish

I had a tail spot in an 11g lps/soft corals nano tank and he bit the heads off my Clove polyps and then started going after other corals.

 

[phillyb614]

Do you have any other recomendations for blennys?

I think you will be better off with something smaller like a Tailspot. Lawn mower will outgrow a tank that small pretty quickly. That is (as many have already said) if he even has the ffod source he needs to get that big/survive.