[ofblong]

Ok after I Lost 8 fish overnight to a starfish that I removed I replaced one of those fish. It was a lawnmower blenney that I replaced. The one I had was 6 and half inches long. well anyways the new one I have is about 3" long right now. When I bought it its belly was normal. not fat and not skinny. Well today I noticed that its stomach is huge. I almost thought it was pregnant. could this be a problem? I know its eating flake food but thats not all its eating. I dont have an algae problem so I dont really know what else it is eating cept maybe the hard green algae on the back glass(its also on front but I havent had time in last 2 weeks to clean the front glass). Any thoughts as to why this lawnmower blenny is really fat and if I should worry about it?

The next ? I have is has anyone seen a yellow Leather split? My yellow leather used to be round all the way around it. now the entire middle seems to be closing. It looks like a mushroom or ricordia splitting cept its bigger. if you look down at it the middle has a dark line going across where the trunk of the leather is "caving in". I think its splitting but not sure. all the yellow polyps are extending fully during the lights being on. The reason I think its splitting is because it looks like all the ricordia and mushrooms that I have had split.

The other ? is on frogspawn. is there such a thing as over extended polyps on frogspawn? It is amazing to watch my newly acquired frogspawn(actually ive had it a week) go from almost completly withdrawn to fully open. its a perty frogspawn.

Thanks for answer my ?'s =]. seems funny that I have had this tank up almost a year and a half and I still have ?'s.

 

[shermlock]

Leathers will split every so often.
I'd PM Beakerbob about the frogspawn: he has a ton of it and has seen everything with regards to frogspawn...He's a good guy too.
Scott

 

[JCReefer88]

Regards to the question on the Frogspawn I have seen my hammer do that before and I know its ok because its growing like crazy and they're in the same family so it is possible.

 

[Mermaid]

Frogspawn is very nice. If you happen to see a bubble form on one of the heads, then it is usually re=prducing another head.
Would like to see pics of it if you can post some.
Thats hard to say about your blennie. Here's a link that may help you figure out what may be going on.

National Fish Pharmaceuticals

HTH

 

[DLBerlin]

Are you feeding nori to any other fish?
My blenny loves nori and eats it till he looks like his belly is going to explode.
The frogspawn is probably just "checking out the neighborhood"
They are fairly aggresive and can extend their tentacles a long ways.
Debbie

 

[ofblong]

nope no nori. I will try to get a pic when I can but gotta clean the glass a little before I try to =]. ill try within a couple days to post it cause I want to post the zoa frag i got for $28.

 

[camelot]

Our blenny has a HUGE stomach. Every since we got him almost a year ago. We asked around about it also and everyone says as long as he's happy. He's getting enough food, that's the important part.

 

[ofblong]

ok sorry the pics arent the greatest. My camara doesnt have white adjustment on it. the first picture is of my $28 frag of zoa's. they arent fully open yet in the picture. also sorry bout the size. I dont like the fact I have to make it 340x340. makes for a small picture.

 

[ofblong]

this picture is of my frogspawn. it is actually green not yellowish in color. my yellow leather is on right side of picture.

 

[ofblong]

this picture is looking down at my zoa colony. as you can see there is water movement =]. dunno why the picture turned out so greenish but again I dont have an adjustment on my camara for whiteness and I dont have a good picture adjustment program. the centers are actually neon green centers but for some reason the camara made them look purple.

 

[arrow1065]

What kind of starfish was that? I have a brittle star that has eaten a fish. He's left the rest alone so far.

 

[ofblong]

brittle star.

 

[arrow1065]

Is this a common problem? Mine only ate one fish (damsel). I don't know how he caught it. He may get banished.

 

[ofblong]

mostly they raise there body up off the substrate and when an ususpecting fish swims under it drops down on top of it. usually they only do it when they are underfed(like mine was).

 

[arrow1065]

8 fish in one night, he must have really liked them. I can't imagine how big he was? After mine ate one fish he was huge.

 

[ofblong]

the starfish reached from one side of my tank to the other. it was about 18" diameter with legs include in that.