skinny lawnmower blenny

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so i have this blenny that is pretty skinny looking, im not sure if he looks normal or skinny but his tail end is like paper thin, there is plenty of algae in the tank for him to munch on i have a 13.5 gal tank and as he gets bigger i plan to move him into a 32 gal then a 90 but as of now, should i feed him other things like peas, not sure if it matters but water parameters are the same as my other posts same goes for salinity and temperature, i could be overthinking it but does he look okay?

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13.5 too small for this fish IMM.
It’s not as much as his size, as it is his food requirement amount.
 

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Put some nori in there for him. Either with a magnetic clip just for that, or use a rubber band and attach it to a small piece of rock
 

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I wouldn't feed peas. Does it eat frozen or dry food at all? If so, maybe treat for internal parasites. If not, you may need to give it away to a larger tank.

PS this fish eats algal films more than tufts of algae and macroalgae from my experience
 
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I wouldn't feed peas. Does it eat frozen or dry food at all?
occasionally he will go for a couple flakes but not usually, i have a rock in there covered in algae that he spend most of the day pecking away at, he used to have a beer belly but it’s faded away
 

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occasionally he will go for a couple flakes but not usually, i have a rock in there covered in algae that he spend most of the day pecking away at, he used to have a beer belly but it’s faded away


I wonder if it would eat seaweed extreme red macroalgae sheets. I think mine ate that? I know everything else did besides my clownfish.
 

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Mine eats what the tangs and other fish eat, frozen mix and a mix of pellets. I see him pecking at rocks too and figure it's eating pods. Not sure why they call them lawnmower blenny. This is my third one and none of them have touched algae lol. All of mine get so fat they look pregnant which I take as sign they are eating well even if it isn't algae.
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