Lawnmower blenny starving

[TankBusters]

My LB seems to have picked my 125 clean and has nothing left to eat. I have tried OceanNutrition algae, broccoli and caulerpa. Any ideas to get him to eat? He is getting a little thin.

 

[bimmerzs]

Are you sure it doesn't have some type of internal parasite and are you certain it's a LB.

Cheers!

 

[rongleaves]

My LB (Salarias ceramensis) does a good job keeping my tank clean and I have also seen him at the algae clip with the tangs a time or two.

 

[TankBusters]

The first week in the tank, he was eating like crazy stuffed to the gills and pooping alot (brown color). Now he is thinned out. Here is a pic,I am pretty sure it is a real LB. Here are 2 pics, best ones I could get for now.

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[TankBusters]

So as far as I can tell, this is a true LB. Do you agree?

 

[DalaiTom]

@TankBusters wrote:

Looks good to me.

If you really want to help the fish, try not cleaning the algae off your glass. If he's eating at all, then you can see his marks where he "chomped" the algae. Other than that, I would be persistent with the nori tied to a rock or somehow kept on the tank bottom or in the rockwork.

 

[TankBusters]

Ok, I will not clean the glass and that is a good idea and I bought some other sea veggies today and I will see how that goes.

 

[rongleaves]

It looks just like mine, try wedging a sheet of algae between a couple of rocks and see if he'll take to it.

 

[SumpDiver]

I?d definitely try getting an algae clip down to his Stratum.

 

[TankBusters]

This fish is very picky, wont touch any of the food I offer, only picks at rock and glass.

 

[bimmerzs]

You may want to see if you can catch it and place it in a QT tank. The smaller area will make it a lot easier to try to "train" it to eat something else.

Cheers!

 

[TankBusters]

Hi Ron,
I will try to do that once my clown is out of the QT. Thanks for the tip.