bi couloured blenny help

hey how do i feed this guy he just sits there with food right in front of him

 

An exert on feeding from Liveaqaria.com (AWESOME site btw) "The diet of the Bicolor Blenny should include vegetable matter, including frozen and dried foods containing marine and blue-green algae. It will also feed on (and help control) algae growing in the aquarium."

 

Mine eats everything and comes out into the water column to eat. But you could always try using a turkey baster and target feed him.

 

hes only been in there for 2 days i see him picking at the rocks he doesnt move when i put my arms in the tank i actually dropped food right on his face maybe hes just adjusting to the new tank pretty wierd looking little dude

 

I had a benny who would eat constantly, then a few weeks after my move, he stopped eating completely and starved to death . No clue what happened.

Benny's are a fish that should eat like a cow, constantly grazing and feeding when the opportunity arises so a Benny not eating is a very bad sign. If he's doing a considerable amount of grazing then I wouldn't be too concern since that is their primary food. Mine always preferred pellets and flakes over any emerald entree frozen meal, so you could try that.

Just keep an eye on their stomach and if it doesn't look concave then you shouldn't be worried.

 

I had the same thing when I added my blenny, he will eat just need to let him settle in and find a good hole to sit in. took a week or 2.

Now as soon as i drop food in hes in the middle with the rest of them.

He eats algae off the glass, and brine shrimp that I drop in, every now and then he gets a seaweed clip.

 

Important question that no one has asked; What are you feeding it?

 

Mine was the same way when I first got it, and only ate algae from the glass and rocks at first. After a week or two though, he started eating frozen like the rest of my fish. As long as you see him eating something, I wouldn't worry.

 

Yea I would give him sometime to get used to the tank - you can try offering some nori tied to a rock or algae clip to see if that entices him. Also try spirulina enriched brine shrimp and formula 2 frozen

 

ill watch tommorow when i chuck the seaweed in on the clip i normally put it on and go to work well see how we go the food i feed is garlic enhanced never had a fish deny it even my mandarin has a sniff