gobies

[createdlight]

I have a sleeper gold head goby, He is always busy doing his thing, cleanning the sand. But after taking a mouthful of sand he swims up and releases it all over the rock and coral! He does make a mess. My question is do all types of gobies do this? I mean is there a goby that stays low when releasing the sand?

 

[dvmsn]

Not all gobies sand sift, but the ones that do sand sift all dump it all over.

 

[createdlight]

thanks much, for the info, i love my goby very much. guess i'll will have to clean up after him LOL!

 

[small alien]

Not to be grim, but sand sifting gobies often starve in all but the largest, most mature tanks. How big and how old is your tank, if I may?

 

[Sk8r]

And if you worry about him getting enough food, I know my YWG (yellow watchman) is very fond of Formula One Medium Grade Sinking Pellet With Garlic. Not all will eat it, but it's worth a try. It gets right down where the goby lives.

 

[Gogandantess]

I used to have one that did that all day. My tank's a fowlr so it didn't matter to me. He ate whatever he could get in the sand and also was a pig. Even ate nori as it floated by him. Most active goby that I've ever seen.

 

[createdlight]

Not to be grim, but sand sifting gobies often starve in all but the largest, most mature tanks. How big and how old is your tank, if I may?

He's in a 210 tank, so i wouldn,t think he has a lack of tasty sand

 

[small alien]

Mmmmm.