what is his name

[Tanks Man]

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it was sold to me as a blenny but i cant find any thing like him

[Reefscape]

I would say its a sailfin / algae blenny...Quite a popular choice of blenny in todays aquaria..Looks a little on the thin side too in my opinion, unless its how the pictures makes it appear...

Niko

[Grins]

Looks like a Scooter Blenny, which is actually a dragonette and has similiar needs to a Mandarin Dragonette. I agree, it looks thin.

[Amphiprion]

Grins is correct. That is Synchiropus ocellatus. IMHO, that individual has surpassed being thin--it is emaciated.

[Grins]

Yes, started to starve awhile ago. Sad.

[Magpen]

I agree with scooter blenny/dragonette. He needs pods or spot feeding of mysis if he will eat but he looks so thin you might be past saving him even if he will eat. Sorry.

[Tanks Man]

thanks guys I do apprecate all your input. He was real thin when I got him last week but he is eating well and moves all over the tank. I think he'll make it. Any ideas on how I may help him? ie: what are pods and mysis? Where can I get these?

[fsn77]

Pods is a general term for the (mostly) tiny little critters living in the live rock / sand bed (more specifically: copepods, amphipods, and the like). Some are clearly visible with the naked eye (amphipods), while others are difficult to impossible to see without some kind of magnification. Mysis = mysis shrimp.

Live copepods and live mysis (the saltwater version of mysis are actually mysid) are available online, if you are unable to find them locally. Here's a place that I've ordered both from in the past:
http://www.aquaculturestore.com/index.html

It would also be a good idea to start using a food additive (Selcon, Zeocon, etc. -- also available at pretty much any online sw retailer), which contains extra vitamins, minerals, and fatty acids intended to improve overall health. Everything fed to our reef tank gets soaked in Selcon before it goes into the tank -- frozen foods, pellets, flakes, etc.