I bought a very small Yellow Watchmen Goby about a month and a half ago and the Longnose Hawkfish immediately attacked it while I watched nearly biting it in half. The Goby was nowhere to be seen after that and I assumed the Hawkfish had eaten it. Then, tonight, 6 weeks later I see a strange fleshy thing in the tank from across the room and it was a Goby! About twice the size (maybe not) of the one I put in the tank and not at all yellow, no color at all really. At first I thought it might be a free gimme fish that LiveAquaria put in with an order I just received, but know I didn't put a new Goby in the tank. It has to be the original fish. But, do they lose their color like that and if so, will it come back? I found one thread on RC that discussed this briefly, but I wanted to see if anyone else had experience with formerly Yellow Watchmen Gobies
Disappeared YWG shows up pale white
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LobsterOfJustice
Recovering Detritophobe
Disappeared YWG shows up pale white
They have two colors forms, and they can change from yellow to white or white to yellow. It is a long term change (i.e they don't change day-to-day). Nobody knows why they change.
It could change back to yellow, but probably won't.
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They have two colors forms, and they can change from yellow to white or white to yellow. It is a long term change (i.e they don't change day-to-day). Nobody knows why they change.
It could change back to yellow, but probably won't.
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RedStangGA
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I had one that changed from yellow to white and back to yellow. Always wondered if it was a maturation process...
LobsterOfJustice
Recovering Detritophobe
Did the color changes of yours correspond to a major event like tank upgrade or moving?
I bought a white one 10 years ago and he turned yellow shortly after I got him. He was yellow for the next 9 years in 7 different tanks, and just turned white again last year shortly after upgrading to my current 180g.
RedStangGA
New member
Nothing special. Had it about 6 months and it changed. 3 months or so later it changed back.
