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02-07-2007, 01:19 PM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Costa Mesa, CA Age: 31
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 |  Lawnmower Blenny Commited Suicide
Is it normal for sick fishes to commit suicide? My poor fish with no tail jumped out of the tank and died under the stand. We do have a cover on it, but he jumped from the area where all the equipment is. | 
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02-07-2007, 01:26 PM
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| | Ritteri Anemone
Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Naperville IL Age: 29
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We would call that carpet diving.
Being that a lawnmower blenny is not known to jump I would think something really scared it.
Sorry for your loss.
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02-07-2007, 01:38 PM
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| | Sea Dragon
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Sorry to here that. I had a snowflake for 8 months before he took the plunge. _________ Senior Noob Setting my 75 back up soon Main SW Tank:
55gal, 70LBS of Tonga/LFSDIY, 50lbs LS, 1x250watt MH(20k), AquaC Remora Skimmer Live stock: Velvet Damsel, (12)Blue legged crab, lawnmower blenny, (1)cleaner shrimp, Yellow Tang, Featherduster CoralsRandom Zoo's(like 10), more zoo's,red mushrooms and hairy mushrooms, Sinularia | |
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02-07-2007, 02:07 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 20
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Sorry for your loss. I had a fire fish that i thought just died...then a couple of months later I found a little fish crisp behind the tank. More recently a cleaner shrimp walked the plank... _________ Tank Specs:
55 Gallon Mixed Reef
48" Tek Light: 4-54W T5 HO Fluorescents
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1x 54W Blue Plus T5 HO Fluorescent, 1x54w Super Actinic Blue 03 T5 HO Flourescent
1x 54W 12000K Aquablue Special T5 HO Fluorescent, 1x 54w 10000k AquaSun T5 HO Fluorescent
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02-07-2007, 02:21 PM
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| | Montipora Capricornis
Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 30
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sorry about your loss ,  cmon  _________ 4x24w T5ho 135ltr/35gal marine cube 15kg of liverock 2 yellowtail damsels.. more to come  Got Questions? Need Answers?
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02-07-2007, 02:38 PM
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| | Aiptasia Anemone
Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Va Beach, Va
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hi,
I have a Large Gobi that don't like my LB but he hasn't chased him so far, If he's missing his tail maybe there's a nipper in your tank, I know mine are real jumpy in the morning when they are a sleep.
Sorry for your loss.
Doug
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08-03-2007, 01:36 PM
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| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Florida
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I have a lawnmower blenny that appears to be getting really skinny. Is there another food they will eat? I see him scraping the algae off the walls, there is plenty of it...could someone suggest something? Thanks, have a good weekend! _________ 40g display, 15g sump, 10g fuge, coralife super skimmer, 40lbs seaflor special, 5lbs sugar fine LS, 25lbs LR(fiji, and gulf of mexico) 265watt PC with 2 50/50 10k/6.7k daylight, 2 50/50 420nm/460nm actinic, DIY moonlites, DIY auto top off, 32g reserve RO/DI, DIY dosers, research... | |
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08-03-2007, 03:05 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami Age: 39
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Hey Newton, according to a book, they eat vegetable matter. Marine algae and blue/green alga(spirulina) Does best if a crop of microalgae is present in the aquarium. By the way, microalgae is its natural source of food. I hope this helps. _________ 9YR OLD 90G 30G w/d Mag18 150G skimmer 692w MH,yel&kole tang,foxface,midas&convict blenny,B&G chromies,Blk/yel fin chromie blackcap,nemo,neon goby,6line; Blastomussa Merleti,Acan ,BUBBLE,Torch,LTA, Goniopora(2), Acropora(2),Brain, Moon, assort zoas, yel& G star polyps, R&G open brain, P&B ricordia, montiporas, cup&candy corals, enias,B/G mush,flower ane(2), cherry red mussa, dusters,cleaning crew  | |
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08-03-2007, 05:00 PM
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| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 38
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Originally Posted by newton27  I have a lawnmower blenny that appears to be getting really skinny. Is there another food they will eat? I see him scraping the algae off the walls, there is plenty of it...could someone suggest something? Thanks, have a good weekend! | Have you tried rubberbanding dried seaweed to a piece of rock and dropping it near where he hangs out? | 
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08-05-2007, 09:26 PM
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| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Florida
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Yes amcarrig, I have. I never see him even glance at it...I think I figured out what it could be. I had cut my "daylight" lamps to 4 hours of light a day, to control some hair algae, went back to 6.5 hours now and already I see him eating more from the surface of the live rocks. Before he would only go to the back glass, I still have yet to see him touch the sides (left & right) glass, where there is a nice coat of the surface type of algae and not the hairstuff. Only been a couple of days and he has some belly now. I also went and picked up some more blue and red legged hermits to help with my GHA problem. Thanks for the advice though, always taken, much appreciated. | |
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