Lawnmower Blenny in SPS tank

josie · #1 08-02-2010, 03:04 PM

I want your experiences with Lawnmower in a SPS tank. Good, bad?

xtreme · #2 08-02-2010, 03:57 PM

I've had my LMB for a couple years now. Great reef fish that never bothers any of my coral including SPS. Also good with clams, as I already mentioned in your other thread.

josie · #3 08-02-2010, 04:04 PM

thanks

I got scared 2secs reading on liveaquaria taht they can bother SPS (and clams)

I add one this week end to help controling the algea

xtreme · #4 08-02-2010, 04:16 PM

Hmm, I have never thought of them as a risk to SPS and clams. As with most fish in this hobby it can be hit and miss. I should also mention my lawnmower is well fed. I would imagine an underfed fish would be more likely to nip at polyps.

lastlight · #5 08-02-2010, 04:24 PM

My bicolor was a problem for a little bit nipping at my sps but maybe he was seeing if there was algae on them? After I had a few more fish in the tank he started spending more time in his cave and less time perched/mouthing the corals.

Not a LMB but still maybe useful.

Madreefer · #6 08-02-2010, 04:57 PM

For some reason I can only keep LWB's alive for about 3 years at a time. The 4 that I have had over the years have never bothered any corals or clams at all.

SeaHorse_Fanatic · #7 08-02-2010, 07:54 PM

Not a problem in my experience with SPS.

Lance · #8 08-03-2010, 12:01 AM

Nope, me neither. He's a model citizen.

amoreira · #9 08-09-2010, 06:59 PM

My LB would go after the Nassarius Snails... He was never successful at killing any of them. That's the only thing he went after.

silentcivilian · #10 08-10-2010, 05:38 AM

If by bugging your coral you mean perching on them for a few moments before searching for more food.. then yes, they are all guilty of that. As for doing any real harm.. never heard of it.