Scooter Blenny

[Jessica13]

Just bought one of these for my marine tank and he's sooooo cool I've called him Benny

I could only get a couple of pics cos my camera batteries died.. Here's a pic in the bag and one of him 'blending' though!

 

[MAM]

Love that puggy face!! What a neat little fish? About how big will this little guy get?

 

[richard t]

I hope i'm wrong but scooters are very hard to keep fed!! They are slow to take food, it almost has to be stationary, They kind of line it up before eating. I had a mandarin which was very similar. Had to get it a new home, because it went down hill very rapidly Please keep a close eye on it!! (lovely fish )

 

[Ethos]

Very cool!
SW fish are always soo colorful!

 

[Bloo]

Very Cute !

 

[Jessica13]

tigerknife - Mandarins are very hard to keep and dont often feed well. This one is very similar to a mandarin but much easier to keep. They will eat cockles, brineshrimp, mysis and that sort of thing so he will be fine

Here's some more pictures of him

Terrible pic, but shows his little fin thing sticking up! He looks really pretty when he puts it up, but i've only seen him do it twice

 

[Bloo]

look at those pretty eyes and plump "oh-so-kiss-me" lips !

 

[Ethos]

look at those pretty eyes and plump "oh-so-kiss-me" lips !

Lol!
he looks very cool, I wish I had SW setup!

 

[Synirr]

Haha, Benny the blenny, that's cute
He's a very handsome little fellow!

 

[bunjiweb]

Very cool jess, did you get him from us or RR? They have gorgeous dorsal fins. Just take heed of what people have said, they aren't easy to feed, keep a close eye on him and make sure he is visibly eating plenty. One thing that people sometimes do is push bits of shrimp into the gravel, the scooter will find it.

Ben

 

[-cAtFiSh-]

i LOVE these fish!
i love how they kinda walk along the bottom of the tank. gorgeous fish

 

[Jessica13]

I got him from Malvern Aquatics actually Ben I just stopped in to see what it was like in there as i've never been in and the prices seemed pretty good, and this guy was just too cute! Im thinking of one more small fish to finish the tank off then that'll be it so maybe in a few weeks i'll see what you have as i've never bought Marine fish from you!
He is eating really well. I gave him some crushed cockles (or something like that, came in a frozen marine pack!) and brineshrimp and he chases the little bits around, its so funny! Im going to try and buy some cockles for him though as apparently they'll take them out of the shell Do you sell them at Aquatic Habitat??


Ooh, and he'll get to about 3-4" MAM

 

[bunjiweb]

yes, nearly always have cockle in gamma packs.

Ben