Shagsbeard
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I have added a diamond goby to my tank, and could really use any advice from the masses regarding it's care. The LFS said it would be fine for my tank, and what I've read says he'll be a good addition too... but it's always good to get other's opinions.
Tank background: It's a 75 gal tank with a 20 gal sump/refugium. I run a coralife 125 superskimmer with varying degrees of success (the goby really set it off when he made his first few holes... but I have that under control). The tank has been running now for about four months... so it's not the most established tank out there. About 80 lbs of live rock. Water parameters are almost perfect. The sand bed is between 2 and 4 inches deep depending on where you're measuring. He's alread dug a few holes under well seated stable rocks. There seems to be plenty of pods in the sand, but that is one source of concern for me... how much is enough?
The LFS said that there was really nothing special to feed the guy and he'd either make it on scraps and what he could dig up or he wouldn't. Sounds "fishy" to me...
His tank mates are a dozen snails and hermit crabs (mexican), two blue neon gobies, and a juvenile auriga butterfly.
Question: I currently am filtering the water from the refugium through a 100micron filter sock for noise/bubble reduction. Should this sock be removed if I want the refugium to supply him with additional pods, or should I not worry about that?
Anything else I could benifit from knowing would be appritiated.
Tank background: It's a 75 gal tank with a 20 gal sump/refugium. I run a coralife 125 superskimmer with varying degrees of success (the goby really set it off when he made his first few holes... but I have that under control). The tank has been running now for about four months... so it's not the most established tank out there. About 80 lbs of live rock. Water parameters are almost perfect. The sand bed is between 2 and 4 inches deep depending on where you're measuring. He's alread dug a few holes under well seated stable rocks. There seems to be plenty of pods in the sand, but that is one source of concern for me... how much is enough?
The LFS said that there was really nothing special to feed the guy and he'd either make it on scraps and what he could dig up or he wouldn't. Sounds "fishy" to me...
His tank mates are a dozen snails and hermit crabs (mexican), two blue neon gobies, and a juvenile auriga butterfly.
Question: I currently am filtering the water from the refugium through a 100micron filter sock for noise/bubble reduction. Should this sock be removed if I want the refugium to supply him with additional pods, or should I not worry about that?
Anything else I could benifit from knowing would be appritiated.
