Aurora Goby

[ataller]

Most of the shrimp gobies I have owned in the past all seem to share a common propensity for jumping out of my tank or into the overflow. If they survived they soon stopped as they became more comfortable i the tank

I now use a cover made of 1/4 inch clear mesh, no more chance of jumping.

I recently picked up a rather large aurora goby (I'd say about 4 inches long) who refuses to stay out of my external overflow. He just won't settle in.

I have a c2c along the entire back of the tank that leads to my external box. I keep gutter guard around the dursos so there is no risk of him ending up in the sump. It is getting to be a pain fishing him out of there everyday though.

In terms of blocking the C2C I can't imagine anyway of doing it that won't compromise the surface skimming effect I have right now which I don't want to compromise.

Does anyone else have a similar experience? Advice? I do NOT have a pistol shrimp in there with him. Do you think one will make him feel more at home by building him a burrow?

Adam

 

[treylane]

Lots of shrimpgobies are known to be jumpers in some situations, but IME the aurora gobies WILL JUMP, sorta like bluespot jawfish in that respect. I've gone through quite a few of them - the first couple found ways to jump out of a eurobraced tank with a hood, and the next few (after netting installation) were a little frenetic as well and just disappeared after a few months....

I doubt having a pistol in there will do much to calm him down... mine cohabitated with a pair of tiger pistols, but they weren't as "dependent" on the burrow as some of the smaller shrimpgobies.