Diamond watchmen goby

[finnley10]

i just bought a diamond watchment and he is going crazy in my tank. I know the are sandsifters but he is digging holes under every rock and stirring up all the water. Will he eventually pick a spot. Will my water be permantenly cloudy from him spitting sand or will he eventually clean up the sand. anybody have one of these guys

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

same topic currently in another forum:

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=945570

 

[affan]

lol. You can at least see your diamond watchman goby. I haven't seen mine since the day he went into the display. Almost two months now I think. Maybe he's in fish heaven already

 

[DrBegalke]

i have a mix of sugar sized sand and reef grade with a Valenciennea strigata sand sifter goby, my water is clear. he tends to stick near his cave under one piece of LR, but does roam the tank occassionally.

 

[Fountainhead]

Re: Diamond watchmen goby

He'll clean up the sand in no time, and the cloudiness will no longer be a problem. My diamond did settle into one spot and stayed there for about 6 months. Then one night he moved to a completely different spot and stayed there for a good year. Then he up and died.

Keep an eye on any low-sitting corals so that he doesn't bury them.

 

[Shooter7]

What about in a tank with higher flow? I have over 30x flow and looking for more and wondering how well a sand sifter would do for me, or if it would cause me more problems with drifting sand? My sandbed just doesn't look like I want it to, some small areas of growth of stuff here and there, even with the flow. I have a fighting conch in there, but he doesn't cover the area near fast enough. I'm just a little gun shy of putting one in there and then really regretting it.