Scooter Blenny

Laura and Jim will be hosting the May meeting this Saturday the 12th and it will be the usual of food, drinks, raffle and fun.
 
Doors will be open at 6:00 pm for social talk and the meeting will start at 7:00.  Parking gets a little tight and the city says you can't park on 4th but there is a parking lot a block away.   Meeting is usually held in the backyard so feel free to bring your favorite lawn chair, weather permitting of course.

If you need address/directions, contact a club member.

Best if you park at Mini Mall (where the spaghetti establishment use to be)
 
You will get to see his new frag tank set up in the making.
 
Hope to see you there!

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[Jeff]

Hey everyone,
I saw some scooter blennys at petco for $7 or something.  They were really neat looking and I am looking for some info on them.  Has anyone here ever kept one?  Does anyone know what they eat?  I looked online and found conflicting information.  Thanks a bunch!
Jeff

[luvnsalt]

Jeff-
Here is a link I found on Live Aquaria about them.
http://liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=96

I hope this helps. Looks like they are in the Dragonet Family. They sift through the sand for food. Do you have a sandy bottom? (your tank, LOL)
Dashia

[Jeff]

I did see their information when I was looking online - thanks for looking.  I am looking for personal experience though.  I have a hard time trusting the information when they are trying to sell me one.  I want to know if they can be trained to eat pellets (NLS) or if they will graze algae and so on.  And yes I do have a sandy bottom. 

[angelscrx]

They are in the Dragonet family and just like a Dragonet unless you have a good pod population it will not do well.  I have had them with real good success but I didn't add one until I could see pods in the tank in significant numbers.  You can buy pod kits to seed the tank if you are not sure and then wait two months.  Also when looking to buy one make sure you look at the stomachs and make sure they are emaciated.  If they are it is very hard for them to recover.  I hope that helps