Blenny gone back to natural habits?

[Xj reefing]

A couple of weeks ago my blenny had some white spots on him these were not ich. It was some sort of bacterial infection. They disappeared and he continued to eat the normal food. A couple days later he stopped coming out and eating I thought nothing of it. For the next few days he did not eat either. He has not eaten for 1-2 weeks now but still looks really fat and healthy. Yesterday I saw him on a rock then launch him self at the back wall and sort of chase/eat something I know it was probably a pod or some algae but has he gone back to his feeding methods in the wild?

 

 

[j.falk]

I would recommend asking him to see what he says.  Your blenny would know better than we would on what he's been eating.  🙂

[Xj reefing]

Haha will try that

[Tired]

All fish in your aquarium will eat their natural wild foods, if they see any. 

 

What have you been trying to feed him? Some fish go off prepared foods after stress. 

[j.falk]

Soaking food in garlic helps entice fish to eat.

 

 

[Xj reefing]

I feed my fish ocean nutrition formula 2 pellets and at night a mix between lobster eggs, mysis shrimp and brine shrimp with spirulina and garlic.

[Tired]

I would stop giving them garlic, unless you need it to entice a fish to eat. I'm not sure what the long-term effects of feeding garlic on a regular basis are, but I would be a little wary of it. 

 

If he's fat, he might just not be hungry. Or he might be picking at the food after it settles. As long as he's fat, he's fine, though your pod population might suffer a bit. 

What kind of blenny is it? 

[Xj reefing]

He was labeled as a blue spot blenny when I got him but I did a bit of research and found his scientific name which is Istiblennius meleagris