Herbivore Food Recommendations

[bmlerner]

Added a bicolor blenny to my tank last week, and I'm getting a bit nervous that he's not eating much. He picks halfheartedly at the coralline and the macroalgae, but I have no hair algae for him. I've been offering nori, but he ignores it.

Figure I'll head to the LFS for some spirulina flakes and something frozen. Any suggestions?

Thanks!!!

 

[2poor2reef]

The easiest thing to get fish to eat is often live adult brine. You can gut load them with selcon or spirulina or phyto to get a little more nutrition i them. Once you get them accepting food you can often get them to eat other things as well.

Most herbivorous fish are not entirely vegetarian. I have a lawnmower blenny and he eats pods and live and frozen brine in addition to nori and seaweed selects.