Lawnmower Blenny is starving

[Delphinus]

BCOG, no worries, it was late, and I'm dumb... What I really meant to say was that, while there are natural spikes in populations, this seemed to me to be more than one of those, as usually you still see some. What I really noticed, was that 1) the lawnmower took a while to adapt to taking prepared foods, during this time if he was eating at all, or not, is unclear to me as I never witnessed any eating on his part. 2) He did manage to grow, and grow subtantially I thought, so I'm thinking he was eating after all {just not sure what he was eating ... perhaps there was enough algae on the rocks}. 3) Now that I see him eat nori, so there's no doubt in my mind he is now eating (and he's huuuuuge), and my pods have come back.

It very likely is coincidence though. There are just so many different things going on it's really hard to keep track, and it's easy to jump to conclusions thinking that something is a cause and effect relationship when in fact it's really something quite different.

On the herbivore/omnivore question .... On very rare occasions I have seen my lawnmower chase down a piece of mysis that happens to float by when I feed. Other times, pieces of mysis will bump him in the face and he'll take no notice. So ... I don't know. Maybe they are only "slightly omniverous" (i.e., if they're hungry enough they'll consider it)??

Ganowicki, I do hope the fish in question starts to eat. How is he looking? Is his stomach pinched in?