dracula gobby

[westhawt]

My dracula gobby keeps on dying. His tactics are that he comes out and swirls and swirls in circles then after a while dies.. Any info as to why he is doing this? This is my third dracula gobby.

I'd appreciate any info

Thanks

 

[small alien]

Good heavens, they've all done the same thing? That seems beyond odd.

People will need more info to give you an answer. Tank size and specs, other inhabitants, age of tank, water test results, etc.

Good luck.

 

[westhawt]

Tank 200gallon
Tank age 1year 3 months
Specific gravity: 1.025
pH: 8.3 - 8.6
Calcium: 420 ppm
Alkalinity: 8 - 10 dKH
Magnesium: 1300 ppm
Nitrate: undetectable
Phosphate: undetectable
Temp: 78 - 80° F
Fish: 1 Purple tang, 1 hippo tang, 1 fire angel, 2 pipe fish,

 

[snorvich]

From the information provided, nothing strikes me as unusual. What are you feeding?

 

[westhawt]

a variety of frozen fish food and 'The reef Nutrition' liquid foods.

 

[tewkes]

Are they trying to turn into bats? I thought the dracula gobies were immortal.
Sorry, I couldn't resist.

Hopefully you can figure it out because I really wanted one but now I'm a bit worried. Especially because they are not cheap.

 

[BangkokMatt]

Do you keep buying them from the same source?

 

[westhawt]

No the last one I bought was from a different source

 

[username in use]

what are your acclimation procedures?

 

[westhawt]

I do the drip acclimation wich takes me about an hour

 

[mak3mydae]

3?! Geez man Thats 400 bucks...God that sucks, But sorry, i dont have any suggestions... :\

 

[mak3mydae]

3?! Geez man Thats 400 bucks...God that sucks, But sorry, i dont have any suggestions... :\

 

[westhawt]

I was told today from the store that i mighe have a mantis shrimp or a pistol shrimp thats distracting them and i need to catch it. Any body knows how?

 

[joetbs]

where are you buying them??

the swirls are a sign of poorly decompressed fish in my experience with these. they do not come from shallow water.

 

[westhawt]

Two of them from house of fins ny, and one frrom greenwich aquaria ny

 

[joetbs]

how long do you have them before they die? how long does either shop have them before selling? i would be very hesitant buying one that went through Sri Lanka, but it would probably be pretty hard to find out if the fish went through there en route..

 

[lirenwang]

In my experience,dracua goby is not suitable for Tank.It will die within three month