Diamond goby questions
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I have one of the little critters. #1 need is a relatively small grain sand. It cannot stand larger grains. .5 to 1mm size is ideal. Your fish will will rearrange your bottom as it builds one after another den in the sand. They will spit tailings from their construction projects over rocks and nearby corals.
While it will gain some food value from live sand, the average aquarium will not have enough to meet its needs. I feed mine frozen shrimp and fish bits processed with a food processor. It's not picky and will eat mysis or brine shrimp, flakes that make to the lower 1/3 of the aquarium. You need to get the food to the bottom if you have many surface feeders.
They are great citizens of the aquarium and tolerate other fish. They will defend their burrows but other than territorial defense they seem to get along with everyone. I see warnings not to put more than one in an a tank but, years ago, had two that lived in the same hole. May or may not been a male/female pair.
These fish provide a great deal of entertainment. Enjoy them but be sure to feed them.
While it will gain some food value from live sand, the average aquarium will not have enough to meet its needs. I feed mine frozen shrimp and fish bits processed with a food processor. It's not picky and will eat mysis or brine shrimp, flakes that make to the lower 1/3 of the aquarium. You need to get the food to the bottom if you have many surface feeders.
They are great citizens of the aquarium and tolerate other fish. They will defend their burrows but other than territorial defense they seem to get along with everyone. I see warnings not to put more than one in an a tank but, years ago, had two that lived in the same hole. May or may not been a male/female pair.
These fish provide a great deal of entertainment. Enjoy them but be sure to feed them.
They may eat some algae but the are primarily carnivores. They have a large mouth and will eat most anything. Mine eats pod if he catches them on the sand but he will not go up on the live rock hunting them. For flakes stay with general marine fish flakes. Mine has no interest in Nori [compressed seaweed produced for the Asian market]
LobsterOfJustice
Recovering Detritophobe
I am concerned you refer to your substrate as "gravel" in the first post. These fish need to be in sand, not gravel or crushed coral. They will damage their mouth and die.
accordsirh22
New member
mine eats ANY food that makes it to the bottom 3-4" of the tank lol. he even grabbed a sinking formula2 pellet last night. it was too hard for him to eat, so he sat there and "chewed" it until he was able to get it down. then back to sifting sand
orangegoby
New member
mine jumped last week after i added extra bit of sand in the dt, found him dry on the floor the following morning. 
jackde
Old dog and new tricks
Mine eats anything that is put in the tank but I always add some sinking pellets. He is the fatest fish in the tank. Don't think they won't jump, lost my first one with a night time carpet surf. I use Special Grade and he moves sand from one side of the tank to the other daily.
SushiGirl
Premium Member
What is your substrate?
orangegoby
New member
+1 they sift to eat so fine sand would be better.
