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Old 03-16-2003, 05:54 PM
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I am having a heck of a time feeding my lawnmower blenny. I see him grazing but he is getting skinner by the day. Do they eat hair algae? or just film algae. What can I give him as a suppliment to his grazing.
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Old 03-16-2003, 06:00 PM
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I know the one owned by Tony here in Calgary eats Nori.
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Old 03-16-2003, 06:16 PM
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We feed ours Nori... he loves it. He also goes crazy for bloodworms. Don't know why, but he does.

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Old 03-16-2003, 06:20 PM
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Good tip Bob. Salarius fasciatus doesn't have the best survival rate in captivity due mostly to starvation. Another thing you could try would be live brine shrimp to get the feeding response started.

This is one of those species that you have to ensure is feeding prepared foods at the store before you bring it home.
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Old 03-16-2003, 06:21 PM
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We feed ours Nori... he loves it. He also goes crazy for bloodworms. Don't know why, but he does.

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Just a question. Is that fozen bloodworms??
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Old 03-16-2003, 08:46 PM
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Nori saves the day again..

Have you tried any of the prepared algae/seaweed strips?
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I used to have a ton of algae growing for mine, after I got a kole tang to help out with the algae I didn't have alot of food for them. I started supplementing with spirulina tablets. They are round tablets that you can stick onto the glass and then the fish just come to feed on them (I used Nutrafin but OSI makes them too). They work great. Make sure you feed them often. Lawnmower blennies are like cows, they eat all day and well, ahem, they poop all day too However, they will starve if they don't have enough to eat.

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Yeah, frozen bloodworms... he loves 'em. He goes absolutely berzerk within seconds of it hitting the water.

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Old 03-16-2003, 10:18 PM
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Yeah, frozen bloodworms... he loves 'em. He goes absolutely berzerk within seconds of it hitting the water.

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That's great. Bloodworms are a far better source of protein than Nori. So he would not have to eat as much, and poop less too.
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Nori and spirulina flakes, disks, and pellets - eats them all.
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