{"id":343,"date":"2013-12-11T05:00:33","date_gmt":"2013-12-11T10:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=343"},"modified":"2014-07-03T08:07:18","modified_gmt":"2014-07-03T12:07:18","slug":"lawnmower-blenny-resting-behind-a-patch-of-cabbage-leather-coral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/2013\/12\/11\/lawnmower-blenny-resting-behind-a-patch-of-cabbage-leather-coral\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawnmower Blenny Resting behind a Patch of Cabbage Leather Coral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is called a Lawnmower Blenny because it eats algae, but it also eats other fish food.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nIn spite of what the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Salarias_fasciatus\" title=\"Salarias fasciatus\" target=\"_blank\">Wikipedia article<\/a> says this fish can be really mean.<br \/>\nWhen I have tried to introduce others of its species into the tank they ended up beaten to death.<br \/>\nIt also has the unfortunate tendency to try to bite other fish. Fortunately some bigger fish such as a Rabbitfish were able to defend themselves successfully, and then the biting has stopped.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_342\" style=\"width: 1162px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/LawnMowerGobyWithCabbageLeatherCoral.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-342\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/LawnMowerGobyWithCabbageLeatherCoral.jpg\" alt=\"A Picture of a lawnmower blenny sitting behind some cabbage leather coral.\" width=\"1152\" height=\"648\" class=\"size-full wp-image-342\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/LawnMowerGobyWithCabbageLeatherCoral.jpg 1152w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/LawnMowerGobyWithCabbageLeatherCoral-300x168.jpg 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/LawnMowerGobyWithCabbageLeatherCoral-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1152px) 100vw, 1152px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-342\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lawnmower blenny resting behind a patch of cabbage leather coral.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It loves to perch on or around corals for some reason.<\/p>\n<p>On this picture the Lawnmower Blenny is sitting behind a patch of Cabbage Leather Coral.<br \/>\nIt is a nearly indestructible coral that grows all over the place if it is allowed to grow unchecked.<\/p>\n<p>It is quite common in the aquarium trade.<\/p>\n<h3>Further readings<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.saltcorner.com\/AquariumLibrary\/browsespecies.php?CritterID=2254\" title=\"Sinularia dura\" target=\"_blank\">Sinularia dura.<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.saltcorner.com\/\" title=\"Saltcorner\" target=\"_blank\">Saltcorner<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aquariumdomain.com\/viewCoralSpecies.php?coral_id=50\" title=\"Cabbage Leather Coral\" target=\"_blank\">Cabbage Leather Coral<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aquariumdomain.com\/\" title=\"AquariumDomain.com\" target=\"_blank\">AquariumDomain.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tfhmagazine.com\/details\/articles\/ber-algae-eaters-the-lawnmower-blennies-full-article.htm\" title=\"\u00dcber Algae Eaters: The Lawnmower Blennies\" target=\"_blank\">\u00dcber Algae Eaters: The Lawnmower Blennies<\/a> in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tfhmagazine.com\/\" title=\"Tropical Fish Magazine\" target=\"_blank\">Tropical Fish Magazine<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is called a Lawnmower Blenny because it eats algae, but it also eats other fish food.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":342,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16],"tags":[65,12,30,20,18,31,43],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teleonomix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teleonomix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teleonomix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teleonomix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teleonomix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/teleonomix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teleonomix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teleonomix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teleonomix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teleonomix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}