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03-15-2008, 03:23 PM
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| | Fire Worm
Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: North Carolina Age: 38
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    |  Lawnmower Blenny Gone!
Was looking at my aquarium this evening and noticed I couldn't find the lawnmower blenny. We lifted rocks, moved rocks, looked in the corners...no trace of him. We had just seen him last night. It's like he got abducted my aliens or something 
Any of you just ever had a fish up and disappear??? My Flame Hawkfish had been chasing him around a bit, but never seemed to hurt him or anything.
Only thing I can figure is he killed him...now not sure why I can't find a body unless my cleaning crew got him that quick. _________ Tank: 75g glass, AquaC Remora, Eheim Ecco Canister filter, Odyssea (2x250W MH, 4x65W actinics, 6 LEDs), 80lbs of live rock
Critters: 2 false percula clowns, blue damsel, lawnmower blenny, squirrel fish, 2 anthias, flame hawkfish, copper banded butterfly, coral banded shrimp, cleaner shrimp, fighting conch, condy anemone, and lots of misc snails
Corals: Green stripe mushrooms, blue mushrooms, candy cane, frogspawn, Green Zoanthids, star polyps, acropora, monipora
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03-15-2008, 05:30 PM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: May 2007 Location: South Australia Age: 25
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my lawn mower blenny died after it leaped out of the tank while we were out
did u check behind the tank its prolly there  | |
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03-15-2008, 06:28 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Meriden, Connecticut Age: 43
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That is what I suspect, it jumped out!
I would worry more about your Flame Hawk and your inverts however! Hawkfish will feast on them at some point from the info I have gathered! _________ 125gal.w/Mag9.5 return(dual megaflow)>Mag7 pump Aqua Cev180skimmer.Wave2k Hamilton Reefstar(2)250watthqi(mh)pend.a Yellow, Naso Tang Red Lip Blenny Percula Clown Demoiselles Niger Trigger F. Wrasses Ceriantharia Orn.Shrimp and Stars Hermits Queen Conch asst. snails> Stars Zoos shrooms Montipora Brains Gorgonians Favia Turbinaria(large+small polyp) Acropora Xenia Tridacna (CroceaMaximaSquamosa) Leathers <35+75gal.reef tank as well> 
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03-16-2008, 06:47 AM
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| | Fire Worm
Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: North Carolina Age: 38
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Well, the blenny was sitting at the front of the aquarium this morning. We watched him, and seems he has found a little cave up under a large piece of live rock and has been hiding up in there. So false alarm...
As for the flame, all of I have right now are snails and a couple green emerald crabs. Read the same about the flame hawkfish, but read also that people have them and they don't touch the inverts. We'll see. The squirrel fish we have seems to far more interested in the snails and crabs than the hawk fish.
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03-16-2008, 06:49 AM
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| | Fire Worm
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Originally Posted by target001  my lawn mower blenny died after it leaped out of the tank while we were out
did u check behind the tank its prolly there | That was the first thing I did. I do have egg crate all of the top of my tank though to minimize that risk.
The only thing I find behind my tank almost on a daily basis is this crazy Zebra snail I have  | |
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03-16-2008, 07:18 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami Age: 39
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Glad to hear it was a false alarm. Keep us posted. Luna _________ 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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03-16-2008, 10:34 AM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 59
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Keep an eye on...they do jump. Usually if they are unhappy with something in tank.
Glad to hear he showed up.
Sometimes fish just like to hide out for a while esp if new to tank.
I have had just disappear into "nowhere" before and was not so lucky to have them return.
It happens. _________ AG "125," AquaC EV 180, 30 gal sump, "SCWD", 80 lbs LR, CoralSeaLife "Moonlite" Hood, PFO 250W HQI Mini-Pendant (SPS HQI 14000k bulb)
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03-16-2008, 10:37 AM
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| | Giant Squid
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Glad all is well. He was just seeing if you were paying attention....LOL... | |
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