Yesterday we had a fish die in our tank. His name was “Wilbur” (yes we name our fish), and he was a Lawnmower Blenny. Wilber was a cool addition to the tank. He got along with all the other fish and looked really cool. Lawnmower Blenny fish are algae grazers, meaning they eat algae that grows in the tank. Because of this he was really cool to watch because he would almost constantly be eating something off of a rock or off the side of the tank. Also, he could eat a large amount of food at once because of how big there mouths are which was fun to watch.
Because we no longer have Wilbur we will now have to change some things. How a salt water tank works is that you need to make sure you have a “cleaner crew.” This consists of having certain fish that will eat algae in the tank and also having things like snails and crabs in the tank to help clean it. You don’t clean salt water tanks so you need to have things in the tank to help keep it looking nice. Wilbur helped maintain the tank, so we will now need to get another fish like him, or get some more snails.
Also, an example of the cleaning crew is how we found out that Wilber had died. One of our hermit crabs was eating him. The hermit crab was helping clean the tank.
5 comments:
Poor fish. He looks really cool. I bet it would be fun to watch all the fish but not cool for the snail to eat his friend. Lol
Poor boy, so what size tank do you have? I've been thinking about making one of my tanks a salt water tank just don't know which one I wanna do it to.
Thats sad to hear about the fish. He looks like he was a cool fish!! What kind of fish are you looking at getting next??
Looks like fish you would only see in the ocean!
Are they actual pictures you took of your fish?
- Its a 55 gallon tank.
- Not sure what fish we will get next still looking :)
- and no i havent posted any pics of our tank yet. but i will soon!
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